--- title: Linux EFS File-System May Have New Maintainer - Or It... description: A Linux kernel mailing list discussion has emerged around the EFS file-system driver (fs/efs), a read-only driver for SGI IRIX file-systems from the pre-6.0... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-efs-file-system-may-have-new-maintainer---or-it-might-just-get-removed-zriwicpmx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux EFS File-System May Have New Maintainer - Or It Might Just Get Removed | daily.dev og:description: A Linux kernel mailing list discussion has emerged around the EFS file-system driver (fs/efs), a read-only driver for SGI IRIX file-systems from the pre-6.0... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-efs-file-system-may-have-new-maintainer---or-it-might-just-get-removed-zriwicpmx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zRIwICPMx.png og:image:alt: Linux EFS File-System May Have New Maintainer - Or It Might Just Get Removed og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Linux EFS File-System May Have New Maintainer - Or It Might Just Get Removed **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Linux kernel mailing list discussion has emerged around the EFS file-system driver (fs/efs), a read-only driver for SGI IRIX file-systems from the pre-6.0 era. A contributor who fixed a GCC compiler warning inquired about taking over maintainership, but acknowledged having no actual EFS file-systems. The discussion has since shifted toward simply removing the unmaintained driver from the upstream kernel tree, with the reasoning that users needing EFS access can fall back to older or LTS kernels. The utilities for creating EFS file-systems no longer work on modern Linux systems, making the case for removal stronger. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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