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		PhoenixRobo on Aug 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Paragon submits 27k-line NTFS driver to Linux kern... Does it need to be included in the Linux Kernel? I understand that NTFS is 27 years old and mostly to support Microsoft file systems. Can't the driver be an external download?

EE84M3i on Aug 23, 2020 [–]

In-tree drivers are the standard for Linux kernel modules.

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