From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 01:15:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B12F0106567A; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:15:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 702648FC17; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:15:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n0K1CEsl082184; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:12:14 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:12:48 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20090119.181248.-1090025543.imp@bsdimp.com> To: sobomax@FreeBSD.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <200901191559.n0JFx5Dc014686@svn.freebsd.org> References: <200901191559.n0JFx5Dc014686@svn.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r187436 - head/sbin/mount_ntfs X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:15:33 -0000 In message: <200901191559.n0JFx5Dc014686@svn.freebsd.org> Maxim Sobolev writes: : Author: sobomax : Date: Mon Jan 19 15:59:05 2009 : New Revision: 187436 : URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/187436 : : Log: : In the CAVEATS section mention the fact that the NTFS kernel support isn't : very well maintained and point user to sysutils/fusefs-ntfs, which : at the time of this writing seems to be a better alternative. : : Suggested by: luigi : : MFC after: 2 weeks I'd not MFC this. The 7.0 version worked a lot better for me than the fusefs-ntfs last time I had to do some non-trivial data recovery. The former just worked in the face of an insane number of read errors. The latter paniced the system frequently. Warner : Modified: : head/sbin/mount_ntfs/mount_ntfs.8 : : Modified: head/sbin/mount_ntfs/mount_ntfs.8 : ============================================================================== : --- head/sbin/mount_ntfs/mount_ntfs.8 Mon Jan 19 15:38:26 2009 (r187435) : +++ head/sbin/mount_ntfs/mount_ntfs.8 Mon Jan 19 15:59:05 2009 (r187436) : @@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ This utility is primarily used for read : See the : .Sx WRITING : section for details about writing to an NTFS volume. : +.Pp : +Apart from being read-mostly, the NTFS support in the : +.Fx : +kernel is not actively maintained. For any non-trivial use : +sysutils/fusefs-ntfs package, a more complete and better : +maintained alternative, is recommended instead. : .Sh HISTORY : The : .Nm :