Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 02:00:41 +0100 From: "Attilio Rao" <attilio@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Cc: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, Jeff Roberson <jeff@freebsd.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Yar Tikhiy <yar@freebsd.org> Subject: [RFC] Remove NTFS kernel support Message-ID: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com>
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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? Thanks, Attilio -- Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein
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