Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:47:41 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@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: <47AAFDED.9030301@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com> References: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com>
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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, however not often, but when I do use it, I need it in the base OS really. > - Are you interested in maintaining it? Possibly. I would really need to look into it a bit more. > - Do you know a good reason to not use FUSE ntfs implementation? What > the kernel counter part adds? FUSE is slow, requires a port (unless PUFFS is ported, which I've probed about before). > - Do you think axing the kernel support a good idea? I think Alfred's point is really interesting. How many people that don't use it that say 'axe it' does it take to override 1 person saying 'keep it!'? Personally, I much prefer having it in the base. Eric
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