Re: Borrowing NTVFS layer from Samba4 for Wine?

[Dan Kegel]

Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > > On second thought, NTVFS ought to move into the Linux kernel.
> > > Then both Samba and Wine would use native NTFS Win32 API calls
> > > implemented by Linux directly.
> >
> > Yeah, I think that is the best way forward.
>
> We can't get case-insensitivity into the Linux kernel, do you really
> think we will get full NTFS in there instead?  Even if it did, how long
> would it take for the BSD nuts to scream when Wine requires Linux ;-)

Hence my further comment (which Mike politely elided):
> > > And then monkeys will fly out of my butt...

:-)

(One of these days I'm going to have to sit down
with a nice cup of tea and try to understand that
case insensitivity thread.)
- Dan