linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] fs/efs: Follow kernel style guide

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Message-ID: <CAE1WUT4az3ZZ8OU2AS2xxi9h1TbW958ivNXr53jinqHK5vuzMg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 5 Feb 2021 07:36:47 -0800
From:   Amy Parker <enbyamy@...il.com>
To:     dsterba@...e.cz, Amy Parker <enbyamy@...il.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] fs/efs: Follow kernel style guide

On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 5:1 AM David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 08:52:14PM -0800, Amy Parker wrote:
> > As the EFS driver is old and non-maintained,
>
> Is anybody using EFS on current kernels? There's not much point updating
> it to current coding style, deleting fs/efs is probably the best option.
>

Wouldn't be surprised if there's a few systems out there that haven't
migrated at all.

> The EFS name is common for several filesystems, not to be confused with
> eg.  Encrypted File System. In linux it's the IRIX version, check
> Kconfig, and you could hardly find the utilities to create such
> filesystem.

Ah yep, good point.

   -Amy IP