Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:13:14 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> 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: <20080207071314.GO99258@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com> References: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com>
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* Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org> [080206 17:00] 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? > - Are you interested in maintaining it? > - Do you know a good reason to not use FUSE ntfs implementation? What > the kernel counter part adds? > - Do you think axing the kernel support a good idea? My pragmatic view on this is that I think it's odd that something that is sort-of working for a few people is going to be axed by people that don't use it, while promising to replace it with something better. Maybe a nicer way of saying/asking would be to ask: Is the FUSE replacement going to be tested to the point where it's better than then current NTFS code? thanks, -- - Alfred Perlstein
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