Re: [PATCH 0/5 -v2] Add support for VMUFAT filesystem

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Thu, 16 Apr 2026 at 11:36, Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> With a FUSE driver you get very similar user experience as with in-kernel
> driver - you can just mount the device and tinker with the content - while
> keeping your code in a userspace library which removes the maintenance
> burden for the kernel and frankly makes your life simpler as well. The
> performance is somewhat lower due to additional communication and process
> switching but for cases like your filesystem I don't expect it to matter.



Well, I have to admit defeat.

I have discovered there is already a FUSE implementation -
https://github.com/RossMeikleham/FUSE-VMU (I've not tested it but have
no reason to think it doesn't work)

I will be keeping my code as an out of tree kernel option for now
though/therefore.

Adrian