Supporting NTFS in the kernel
Samuel Flory
sflory at rackable.com
Mon Oct 6 15:47:53 UTC 2003
Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Dave Jones wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 02:55:21PM +0200, Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
>> > I would like it very much if the standard kernel would include the
>> read > driver for NTFS
>>
>> Won't happen due to potential patent problems.
>
>
> Would it be possible to add some parts of the linux-ntfs-ng driver (or
> maybe code hooks) so that they, or somebody else, could provide rpm
> packages for the new ntfs driver module? The linux-ntfs Project
> currently provides only rpms for the *old* ntfs driver (AFAICS)?
>
What sort of hooks are needed? What is stopping someone from
compiling and distributing a module in an rpm?
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Sam Flory <sflory at rackable.com>
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