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

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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:41:04 +0000
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 12/14] Revert: ntfs3: serve as alias for the legacy
 ntfs driver

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?