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Linux 7.1 update includes new in-kernel NTFS driver — delivers storage support upgrade for Linux users

Tom's Hardware·https://www.tomshardware.com/author/zak-killian·about 1 month ago
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(Image credit: Getty Images / NurPhoto) Linux 7.1 is bringing what might be the biggest under-the-radar storage change in years: a new in-kernel NTFS driver that finally treats Microsoft 's filesystem like a native citizen instead of a tolerated guest. After years of half-solutions, including slow FUSE drivers and under-maintained kernel code, Linux users will finally get fast, reliable, and fully integrated NTFS support out of the box. The headline feature under discussion here is a ground-up rework of NTFS support built directly into the kernel. Unlike the long-standing NTFS-3G driver, which runs in userspace via the "Filesystem in Userspace" (FUSE) module, or the more recent but somewhat neglected NTFS3 driver, this new implementation is designed around modern Linux filesystem infrastructure from day one. Article continues below Linus Torvalds referred to Namjae Jeon's work as a "resurrection" of the old ntfs driver.…

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