Hi Guys,
i have noticed that the most common way of accessing ntfs is via ntfs-3g. Is there a possibility to use ufsd instead? The reason is that the write speed is twice as fast with it and is not that heavy on the cpu too. I tried searching trough the forums but it does not seem to be mentioned a lot. Is there any other option to mount ntfs drives with fast write speeds? On WRT1900ACS i get only 60mb/s write speed with ntfs-3g and over 100mb/s with the stock firmware.

Bw,
Peter

(Last edited by pepsinio on 3 Jan 2016, 11:15)

Just wanted to confirm this. When you said ufsd, did you mean UFS file system?

Forgot to mention as it could be interpreted as ufs indeed
I mean Universal File System Drivers from Paragon (http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/ufsd.html)

Since Paragon offers it commercially you could ask them for support.
I don't see a downloadable source package available without registering.
Some pdfs on that page indicate pricing for private version - meaning its impossible afaik to get included.

According to paragon page version 9.0 only supports Kernel <= 3.14 , meaning either a modified trunk or BB.

If Paragon builds from source code and uses a nice build system, creating an OpenWrt Makefile for this package should be as easy as described in the OpenWrt wiki.

Edit: You probably could sponsor some $$$ to Kernel hackers to increase speeds / improve either NTFS-3G or in Kernel driver.

(Last edited by zloop on 3 Jan 2016, 15:55)

Is the ufsd a proprietary or an open source?

I managed to find a .ko module and .ipkg for arm as well. There is no source code. Only .obj files in the installation. I will be able to test it next week.
In the License states the following " Unless determined otherwise, Paragon grants the software’s end user the simple right to install the software on a device and use it for an unlimited period of time. ". My assumption is, if it is possible to be installed at least we can provide it as an option in the how-to of openwrt for writable ntfs (https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/writable_ntfs) with detailed information how to be installed, since it does not break this agreement and gives better throughput than ntfs-3g.

In theory it should work with newer kernel i guess.
@zloop i don't think ntfs-3g can be easily improoved. If it was possible, for so many years somebody probably would have done it.

Bw,
Peter

(Last edited by pepsinio on 3 Jan 2016, 19:13)