[Linux-NTFS-Dev] linux 2.6 stuff

[Leonard N. <leo...@pp...>]

Some more or less humble suggestions for 2.6:

Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
  -- overview says "works only in read-only mode" rather than also 
mentioning
      the partial rw support available
  -- overview needs a reference to the project website, 
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net,
      with a description of all the material available there, (FAQ, NTFS 
on-disk format docs, ...)
  -- overview needs to mention ntfsprogs (!)
  -- reorder sections: "Features" before "Supported mount options"
  -- Section "Limitiations when using the MD driver":
        Implement a test in code for the dangerous case that the 
documentation warns
        for (hoping this is possible ;) and refuse to mount such MDs (or 
mount ro?).
  -- Add section saying "we" know the NTFS format well enough to have 
write support,
      if we only would have time or someone would step in to sponsor 
(thus magically creating time)

fs/Kconfig
  -- CONFIG_NTFS_FS
          -- needs direct mention of project website, 
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net
          -- mention ntfsprogs (!)
  -- CONFIG_NTFS_RW
          -- described as (DANGEROUS) and:
      | This enables the experimental write support in the NTFS driver.
      |
      | WARNING: Do not use this option unless you are actively developing
      | NTFS as it is currently guaranteed to be broken and you
      | may lose all your data!
      |
      | It is strongly recommended and perfectly safe to say N here.

      This warning seems outdated ("guaranteed to be broken"?)


-- Leonard