Re: [Call For Wartectomy] CRLF conversion out of kernel

Rik van Riel (riel@humbolt.nl.linux.org)
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 13:51:17 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Werner Almesberger wrote:
> Alexander Viro wrote:
> > Support for CRLF<->LF translation in the kernel must die.
>
> It would be nice though if you could follow the usual phase-out
> procedure: flag it as obsolete and printk a warning, then remove it
> and printk an explanation, and finally remove the explanation.

That is a bit of a problem. The CRLF<->LF conversion has been
broken with the new buffer/pagecache and doesn't work anymore.

But since we're in an experimental branch anyway, it shouldn't
be too bad to just remove it and get FAT working again...

Rik -- Open Source: you deserve to be in control of your data.
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