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Subject[PATCH] cramfs: mark as obsolete
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Who needs cramfs when you have squashfs?
At least, we should warn people that cramfs
is obsolete.

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@free-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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