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Date:      Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:27:39 +0800
From:      "Yi Wang" <wangyi6854@gmail.com>
To:        "Attilio Rao" <attilio@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Yar Tikhiy <yar@freebsd.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Jeff Roberson <jeff@freebsd.org>, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [RFC] Remove NTFS kernel support
Message-ID:  <5ea5cca50804010027k51b59658mb28a481c516e84b0@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2/7/08, Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org> wrote:
> As exposed by several users, NTFS seems to be broken even before first
>  VFS commits happeing around the end of December. Those commits exposed
>  some problems about NTFS which are currently under investigation.
>  Ultimately, This filesystem is also unmaintained at the moment.
>
>  Speaking with jeff, we agreed on what can be a possible compromise:
>  remove the kernel support for NTFS and maybe take care of the FUSE
>  implementation.
>  What I now propose is a small survey which can shade a light on us
>  about what do you think about this idea and its implications:
>  - Do you use NTFS?

Yes. I have a dual-boot machine.

>  - Are you interested in maintaining it?

No. I'm not familiar with kernel/fs programming.

>  - Do you know a good reason to not use FUSE ntfs implementation? What

Yes. Listening music and watching video on ntfs disks stops frequently
using ntfs-3g.

>  the kernel counter part adds?

I've no idea.

>  - Do you think axing the kernel support a good idea?

For servers, Yes. For desktops, NO!

>
>  Thanks,
>  Attilio
>
>
>
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Regards,
Wang Yi



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