Re: [PATCH v3 12/14] Revert: ntfs3: serve as alias for the legacy ntfs driver

[Namjae Jeon]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 07:59:30PM +0900, Namjae Jeon wrote:
> > > ntfs filesystem has been remade and is returning as a new implementation.
> > > ntfs3 no longer needs to be an alias for ntfs.
> >
> > I don't think this is right.  If one has selected ntfs3 as built-in
> > then one still needs pieces of this to handle classic ntfs
> > configurations, no?
> ntfsplus has been renamed to ntfs as you requested. Wouldn't it be
> confusing for users if they probably expect the new read-write
> implementation to be used, but instead the read-only path from ntfs3
> could be triggered ?
And, if ntfs3 is built-in or already insmoded, they can not be used
simultaneously because ntfs.ko cannot be insmoded.