linux-kernel - [PATCH] cramfs: mark as obsolete

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Date:	Wed,  4 Sep 2013 09:15:49 +0200
From:	Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>
To:	m.chehab@...sung.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	cesarb@...arb.net, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>
Subject: [PATCH] cramfs: mark as obsolete

Who needs cramfs when you have squashfs?
At least, we should warn people that cramfs
is obsolete.

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>
---
 MAINTAINERS       | 2 +-
 fs/cramfs/Kconfig | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 5b32bc2..6218be0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ F:	kernel/cpuset.c
 
 CRAMFS FILESYSTEM
 W:	http://sourceforge.net/projects/cramfs/
-S:	Orphan
+S:	Orphan / Obsolete
 F:	Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt
 F:	fs/cramfs/
 
diff --git a/fs/cramfs/Kconfig b/fs/cramfs/Kconfig
index cd06466..15c36fe 100644
--- a/fs/cramfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/cramfs/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 config CRAMFS
-	tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)"
+	tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs) (OBSOLETE)"
 	depends on BLOCK
 	select ZLIB_INFLATE
 	help
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ config CRAMFS
 	  cramfs.  Note that the root file system (the one containing the
 	  directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
 
+	  This filesystem is obsoleted by SquashFS, which is much better
+  	  in terms of performance and features.
+
 	  If unsure, say N.
-- 
1.8.1.2

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