Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:31:51 -0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> 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: <47AA5F87.6040905@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com> References: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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? I use it occasionally when I need to copy files from the Windows partition. > - Are you interested in maintaining it? No. > - Do you know a good reason to not use FUSE ntfs implementation? What > the kernel counter part adds? No, the only reason come to mind is that one don't need to install separately, and thus might be good if you run -CURRENT. > - Do you think axing the kernel support a good idea? If nobody would maintain it, as long as the FUSE NTFS implementation is usable I think it's a good idea to axe it in 8.0. Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHql+Hi+vbBBjt66ARAg0bAJ4lsJRyQrRGayvskC41dMCwDuwCfACffhca BcYVAWhFBciKHIeEYWmDSi0= =YhRg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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