From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751202AbWAIQc6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:32:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751237AbWAIQc5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:32:57 -0500 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:59104 "EHLO ns.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751204AbWAIQc4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:32:56 -0500 Subject: Re: Why the DOS has many ntfs read and write driver,but the linux can't for a long time From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: Boxer Gnome Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <174467f50601082354y7ca871c7k@mail.gmail.com> References: <174467f50601082354y7ca871c7k@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:32:49 +0100 Message-Id: <1136824369.5785.79.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 15:54 +0800, Boxer Gnome wrote: > and the dos ntfs driver was not released by the MS offical.So,what' wrong? > > Somebody who can explain this ? The NTFS vendor is identical to the DOS vendor. Therefore it has access to current, correct and complete documentation and can control and test changes on dedicated test systems before bugs hits users seriously. In case of filesystems (like here), "hitting the user seriously" means "loosing the whole filesystem. Go and look for a recent backup.". Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services