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Add support for the new NTFS3 kernel module #8564

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WSLUser opened this issue Jun 29, 2022 · 4 comments
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Add support for the new NTFS3 kernel module #8564

WSLUser opened this issue Jun 29, 2022 · 4 comments
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WSLUser commented Jun 29, 2022

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I'd like faster access to Windows directories via the new NTFS3 kernel module.
NTFS3 allows reading and writing of NTFS partitions, thus quite suitable as an alternative to drvfs.

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Enable it myself and build my own custom kernel. Not the way to go for this particular kernel config option. MSFT should enable it for everyone.

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It's already getting included by other linux distros and is an alternative to NTFS-3G (which I think should also be enabled).

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bioluks commented Dec 26, 2022

It does not make any sense why Microsoft isn't enabling NTFS in the kernel configuration, I needed this feature badly myself, so I built a custom kernel with those flags enabled:
WSL2-Linux-Kernel-NTFS - bioluks
NTFS, exFAT and most other crypto ciphers work out of the box.

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Firestar-Reimu commented Mar 1, 2023

I support adding NTFS3 feature and merge this change of NTFS3 which is on Linux 6.2 (not 6.1 LTS)

Paragon-Software-Group/linux-ntfs3@1d07a9d

See: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NTFS3-Linux-6.2-Features

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.2/filesystems/ntfs3.html

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lukasf commented Apr 25, 2024

This would be super helpful to work around the massive file system performance issues of wsl2:

#4197

We could create an NTFS VHDX which could be mounted into WSL, but it could also be easily mounted from the host, e.g. to inspect or extract files. I guess it can only be mounted by either WSL or host, but that does not matter.

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pocesar commented Apr 29, 2024

I support adding NTFS3 feature and merge this change of NTFS3 which is on Linux 6.2 (not 6.1 LTS)

Paragon-Software-Group/linux-ntfs3@1d07a9d

See: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NTFS3-Linux-6.2-Features

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.2/filesystems/ntfs3.html

do you have any step-by-step to making this working in WSL2? I see that the latest custom kernel from WSL is 6.1

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