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 > > > > -- > Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Wang Yi
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