From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 1 07:56:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0B751065671 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:56:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wangyi6854@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 704248FC1B for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:56:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wangyi6854@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id j2so619668tid.3 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:56:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=DJW7dMd74MIdDXgD33AMUdw6IjftB2ZRGg2PHvDAybU=; b=cesp+97OYGZm/XliwUrwCb+63W46AyJ7u5S3q/7BHClJYSv1RicWH5BNFtgrUwD0wbBClWFje/ElgyKB8IMRH7b+wiSrhxPLfH5X7Vw53xP4Mr7R+RUT6p97toVDMfDFP7r/0OeD56kYSa+iw0rrX4z4VFbFKBfYplse7hG50Ic= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bNwpShVcS6Kzw8Ku2mqPB7kVBvAzYhTzILfCz12WbSqSFyf2DsjxYMaWHvLCWJJfM2aPAnjKNKSY6FTHgVAOdghyrAp2r8xbfylwuR8wv3KNaQRBXQ2e2bYH6w1xdwBY/JkDDfT3+rKpLZL6M2jBtSEoytrqai04O7cGisgVol4= Received: by 10.110.31.11 with SMTP id e11mr3341169tie.56.1207034859245; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:27:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.110.10.14 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 00:27:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5ea5cca50804010027k51b59658mb28a481c516e84b0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:27:39 +0800 From: "Yi Wang" To: "Attilio Rao" In-Reply-To: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Yar Tikhiy , Doug Barton , Jeff Roberson , freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Scot Hetzel , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove NTFS kernel support X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:56:16 -0000 On 2/7/08, Attilio Rao 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