Hi Jelle, hi Chris, On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 09:37:41AM +0200, Jelle van der Waa wrote: > Package: util-linux > Version: 2.42.2-2 > > With the new kernel update (7.1.8) in testing, the ntfs3 driver is removed > and only the (new) ntfs driver is shipped. util-linux itself defaults to > mounting with ntfs3 causing mount to fail: [1] > > blkid -p /dev/TEST/vol > /dev/TEST/vol: LABEL="FSYS" FSBLOCKSIZE="4096" BLOCK_SIZE="512" > FSSIZE="335543808" UUID="795B32D87AC844FD" TYPE="ntfs" USAGE="filesystem" > # mount /dev/TEST/vol > mount: /var/lib/cockpittest/mnt/foo: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs3'. > dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call. > # uname -r -v > 7.1.8+deb14-cloud-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 7.1.8-1 (2026-08-11) > # mount --version > mount from util-linux 2.42.2 (libmount 2.42.2: selinux, smack, btrfs, > verity, namespaces, idmapping, fd-based-mount, statmount, statx, fanotify, > udev, assert, debug) > > My suggestion is to compile util-linux with --with-ntfs-mounttype=ntfs if > the kernel team made the conscious decision to only ship the "ntfs" driver. > > [1] https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues/4307
It was a conscious decision indeed to switch from the apparently more poorly maintained ntfs3 driver in the kernel to the (new!) ntfs one revamped in 7.1: https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_7.1#New_NTFS_implementation I just did not consider back then the impact on util-linux. We aim to remain there and ship the revamped ntfs driver. Regards, Salvatore
