Supporting NTFS in the kernel
Marc Schwartz
MSchwartz at MedAnalytics.com
Mon Oct 6 16:27:21 UTC 2003
On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 10:47, Samuel Flory wrote:
> 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?
Has anyone attempted the instructions at the bottom of:
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/redhat.html
"How was it done?"
where there are some brief instructions and links for a script file and
a spec file to create the RPM.
I have not yet had the time to work through it, but that seems like a
reasonable way to start.
Richard (FlatCap) is also known to be around #ntfs on irc.freenode.net
where he might be available to help someone work through the steps for
Fedora.
HTH,
Marc Schwartz
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