Hi, On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 11:19:40AM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 09:37:41AM +0200, Jelle van der Waa wrote: > > 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] [..]
> > 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. Right. I would do this for v2.42 in forky, if nobody objects. > > [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. However - what about backports? Will the trixie-backports kernels still have the ntfs3 driver? Best, Chris
