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Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove ext3 filesystem driver

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On 07/15/15 07:18, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:26:24PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
>>
>>   so I have created this patch set which removes ext3 driver (and some related support
>> code) from the kernel. See changelog of patch 2/3 for more details. If noone objects,
>> I will queue the series in my tree for the next merge window.
>>
>> Jens, are you OK with me merging patch 3/3 or do you want me to send it to you once
>> the first two patches get merged?
>>
>> Ted, this also touches ext4 driver so that it always handles ext3 filesystems so ack
>> from you would be nice.
> 
> Got tired of maintaining ext3, eh?   :-)
> 
> As a minor nit, I wonder if it's worth while to put in some hackery in
> fs/Kconfig so that if someone only has CONFIG_FS_EXT3 defined, but not
> CONFIG_FS_EXT4 defined, that it will automatically enable
> CONFIG_FS_EXT4 instead?  Otherwise someone upgrading their kernel
> might accidentally end up getting a non-functional kernel.
> 
> i.e., something like this? (not tested!)
> 
> config FS_EXT3
>        def_bool n
>        select FS_EXT4


Yes, if someone is going to force us to use ext4, some automation would
be helpful.

Thanks,
-- 
~Randy
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[PATCH 0/3] Remove ext3 filesystem driver Jan Kara <jack@suse.com> - 2015-07-15 12:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove ext3 filesystem driver Nikolay Borisov <n.borisov@siteground.com> - 2015-07-15 13:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove ext3 filesystem driver Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2015-07-15 14:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove ext3 filesystem driver Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2015-07-15 16:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove ext3 filesystem driver Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> - 2015-07-15 17:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove ext3 filesystem driver Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> - 2015-07-15 17:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove ext3 filesystem driver Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> - 2015-07-15 17:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove ext3 filesystem driver Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> - 2015-07-15 17:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove ext3 filesystem driver Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> - 2015-07-15 16:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove ext3 filesystem driver Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2015-07-15 17:10 +0200

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