Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:10:02 -0500 From: "Matt Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Attilio Rao" <attilio@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Cc: Jeff Roberson <jeff@freebsd.org>, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, Yar Tikhiy <yar@freebsd.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove NTFS kernel support Message-ID: <002901c86936$eeb3cb50$1200a8c0@hermes> References: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com>
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> 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? Sometimes. > - Are you interested in maintaining it? Nope. > - Do you know a good reason to not use FUSE ntfs implementation? What > the kernel counter part adds? FUSE would be fine by me. I didn't realize FUSE was available on FreeBSD -- in the past I typically booted with a Knoppix livecd and then tar over netcat to get files back to my BSD machines. I'll use FUSE on FreeBSD from now on. > - Do you think axing the kernel support a good idea? Yep. -- Matt Emmerton
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