Re: Is ntfs module deprecated ?

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On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 at 11:04, Jonas Witschel via arch-general
<arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi SET,
>
> On 2021-01-16 11:26, SET via arch-general wrote:
> >      *  modprobe ntfs
> >      *  modprobe: FATAL: Module ntfs not found in directory /lib/modules/5.10.7-arch1-1
>
> the NTFS module was removed in linux 5.10.2.arch1-1, see [1].
>
> > Should another module be used ? Is ntfs missing ? Deprecated ?
>
> Quoting from the commit message of [1]: "Unset NTFS_FS: Please use ntfs-3g." [2]
>
Note that the existing NTFS_FS kernel module has limited feature-set
and in general isn't recommended.

There is a new module in the works - NTFS3 - which should, at least on
paper, be a far better solution than NTFS_FS and ntfs-3g combined.
Only time will tell, if that's really the case :-)

-Emil



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