From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264352AbUE3URN (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 May 2004 16:17:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264358AbUE3URN (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 May 2004 16:17:13 -0400 Received: from gate.firmix.at ([80.109.18.208]:36494 "EHLO gate.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264352AbUE3URK (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 May 2004 16:17:10 -0400 Subject: Re: Why is proper NTFS-driver difficult? From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <40BA1FD5.9080902@minimum.se> References: <40BA1FD5.9080902@minimum.se> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: http://www.firmix.at/ Message-Id: <1085948226.21617.1.camel@gimli.at.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 22:17:07 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2004-05-30 at 19:54, Martin Olsson wrote: > I was wondering why is there no Linux NTFS-driver which allows full > writing etc? Is there something that makes this particular difficult to > implement? I mean Linux supports so many file systems, why has proper > NTFS support been neglected? Because there is no official documentation which will cover future versions of NTFS (which may come with the next patch^Whotfix - let alone service pack). Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services