[RFC] Remove NTFS kernel support

[Attilio Rao]

2008/2/7, Alfred Perlstein <alfred at freebsd.org>:
> * Attilio Rao <attilio at freebsd.org> [080206 17:00] 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?
>  > - 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?
>
>
> My pragmatic view on this is that I think it's odd that something
>  that is sort-of working for a few people is going to be axed by
>  people that don't use it, while promising to replace it with something
>  better.
>
>  Maybe a nicer way of saying/asking would be to ask:
>
>  Is the FUSE replacement going to be tested to the point where it's
>  better than then current NTFS code?

It is possible for you to reply without a flammable answer to any question?
In particular in this case where it is just a polling...

Attilio


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