Re: [PATCH] fs: Remove NTFS classic

Anton Altaparmakov
2024-01-15T11:00:40Z

Hi Matthew,

On 15/01/2024 07:20, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> The replacement, NTFS3, was merged over two years ago. It is now time to
> remove the original from the tree as it is the last user of several APIs,
> and it is not worth changing.

It was my impression that people are complaining ntfs3 is causing a
whole lot of problems including corrupting people's data. Also, it
appears the maintainer has basically disappeared after it got merged.

Is it really such a good idea to remove the original ntfs driver which
actually works fine and does not cause any problems when the replacement
is so poor and unmaintained?

Also, which APIs are you referring to? I can take a look into those.

Best regards,

Anton
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Anton Altaparmakov <anton at tuxera.com> (replace at with @)
Lead in File System Development, Tuxera Inc., http://www.tuxera.com/
Linux NTFS maintainer