Re: NTFS in GENERIC: opt-in or opt-out?

From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo_at_iet.unipi.it>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:18:43 +0100
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:25:14PM -0800, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am reviewing differences between amd64 and i386 GENERIC kernels and 
> noticed that for some unclear reason we ship amd64 GENERIC with NTFS 
> module compiled in, while i386 without it. IMHO both should match. The 
> question is whether NTFS should be i386 way (opt in) or amd64 way (opt 
> out) in GENERIC? What do people think?

given that the sysutils/fusefs-ntfs seems to be much better,
I'd rather remove the in-kernel ntfs from both and replace
with a note on what to do to use fusefs-ntfs

cheers
luigi
Received on Mon Jan 19 2009 - 07:13:26 UTC

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