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Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove NTFS kernel support
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In message: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com>
            "Attilio Rao" <attilio@freebsd.org> writes:
: - 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?

I use NTFS extensively and it has worked as recently as early in the
7.0 release branch.  I think axing it is a horrible idea.

Warner