linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] remove smbfs

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Date:	Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:58:22 -0600
From:	"Steve French" <smfrench@...il.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Jeff Layton" <jlayton@...hat.com>,
	"Guenter Kukkukk" <linux@...kukk.com>,
	samba-technical@...ts.samba.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>, sfrench@...ba.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove smbfs

On Feb 5, 2008 2:18 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:41:03 -0500 Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> > I have no problem with targeting smbfs for removal, but I thought
> > Andrew had an unofficial policy that we should first mark things to be
> > deprecated, and then remove them 2 releases later. That seems like a
> > sensible policy to me. If we mark it deprecated in 2.6.25 then we can
> > remove it after 2.6.26 is released.
> >
> > It might not even hurt to have a nice loud printk when the smbfs
> > module is plugged in to warn users that it's slated to be removed,
> > and that they should move to CIFS as soon as possible.

> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>
> smbfs is a bit buggy and has no maintainer.  Change it to shout at the user on
> the first five mount attempts - tell them to switch to CIFS.
>
> Come December we'll mark it BROKEN and see what happens.
>

> +       if (warn_count < 5) {
> +               warn_count++;
> +               printk(KERN_EMERG "smbfs is deprecated and will be removed in"
> +                               " December, 2006.  Please migrate to cifs\n");
> +       }
>
>         if (!raw_data)
>                 goto out_no_data;
> _
>
>
> queued for over 1.5 years waiting for the go-ahead from Steve.
>
> It looks like it's time?  If so, what should I set the date to?

If the 2.6.26 cycle would starts in April, then saying April 2008 is
fine with me.



-- 
Thanks,

Steve
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