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>Ok.  But I assume you have to add something in order to link it to the 
>library?
ah, yes indeed...

+ grub_setup_LDFLAGS = libntfs.a

+ grub_emu_LDFLAGS = libntfs.a

  ntfs.mod: pre-ntfs.o mod-ntfs.o
      -rm -f $@
-      $(LD) -r -o $@ $^
+      $(LD) -r -o $@ $^ libntfs.a
       $(STRIP) --strip-unneeded -K grub_mod_init -K grub_mod_fini -R .note 
-R .comment $@

Would you have suggestions on compile flags needed to compile libntfs
for grub? (now they are -g -O2 -MT -MD -KP -MF )

>I don't think it is easy and clean to use libntfs.

I figure that libntfs was intended to be " a library to avoid code 
duplication
and provide access to NTFS to other GPLed programs " therefore
I assume that using this effort would result in the better solution.

>But the best way to implement NTFS is by writing it yourself.  It is
>on my todo already, or do you want to do this?

I have no intention whatsoever to implement an ntfs driver... providing
the glue between grub and libntfs is/should be a much smaller effort...
Unless you're telling me trying to do this is a lost effort?

>Another thing to consider is its size.
ntfs.mod is 74KB . I don't thinks thats insurmountable...

-- lode

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