Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:39:47 +0200 From: Nikolay Pavlov <qpadla@gmail.com> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Jeff Roberson <jeff@freebsd.org>, Yar Tikhiy <yar@freebsd.org>, Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org>, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove NTFS kernel support Message-ID: <200802071939.48039.qpadla@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <70e8236f0802070321n9097d3fy1b39f637b3c2a06@mail.gmail.com> References: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com> <70e8236f0802070321n9097d3fy1b39f637b3c2a06@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thursday 07 February 2008 13:21:34 Joao Barros wrote: > On Feb 7, 2008 1:00 AM, 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. Important in a dual booting enviroment. > > > - Are you interested in maintaining it? > > I would If I had the needed knowledge in FS and Kernel. I only have > availability to offer. > > > - Do you know a good reason to not use FUSE ntfs implementation? What > > the kernel counter part adds? > > Yes: Speed. I think this is related only for FreeBSD: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/performance.html I've used it on linux before and the performance was in pair to kernel implementation. > A year ago when building my zfs box I had to migrate 500GB of data off > NTFS. FUSE ntfs is WAY slow. I didn't do a proper benchmark then but I > could setup something now if interest arises. > I didn't have any problems like those being reported with CURRENT from > April 2007 if I recall the date correctly when I copied all that data. > > > - Do you think axing the kernel support a good idea? > > Yes if... > > Yes if FUSE ntfs can have performance on par with the current ntfs > support. Yes if FUSE ntfs license model doesn't become an issue. > Yes because FUSE ntfs write support is neat =) -- ====================================================================== - Best regards, Nikolay Pavlov. <<<----------------------------------- ======================================================================
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200802071939.48039.qpadla>