ntfs kernel module

[Paul Iadonisi]

On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 08:41, Alexandre Strube wrote:
> Em Ter, 2004-10-26 às 10:43, Folke Lemaitre escreveu:
> > Why isn't the ntfs module built by default?
> > Not very handy, having to get src rpms, building them configuring
> > kernel sources and building ntfs module...
> 
> Every distro has it, unless red hat ones.
> 
> Maybe because they are the most 'suable' (a nice target for lawyers) of
> the american distros...

  That probably about sums it up.  Novell is probably in that category,
too, now, but with their 400+ patents coupled with their new 'in your
face' patent policy, it's maybe not as much a concern for them.
  I also vaguely recall some reference to the fact that NTFS didn't pass
Red Hat's stress test for stability (i.e.: corruption type problems at
high loads).  Can anyone from Red Hat confirm?

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