Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:18:43 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org> Cc: "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NTFS in GENERIC: opt-in or opt-out? Message-ID: <20090119081843.GA49607@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <49742ADA.5080509@FreeBSD.org> References: <49742ADA.5080509@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:25:14PM -0800, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Hi, > > I am reviewing differences between amd64 and i386 GENERIC kernels and > noticed that for some unclear reason we ship amd64 GENERIC with NTFS > module compiled in, while i386 without it. IMHO both should match. The > question is whether NTFS should be i386 way (opt in) or amd64 way (opt > out) in GENERIC? What do people think? given that the sysutils/fusefs-ntfs seems to be much better, I'd rather remove the in-kernel ntfs from both and replace with a note on what to do to use fusefs-ntfs cheers luigi
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