HPFS is the latest file-system driver for the Linux kernel facing possible removal. The High Performance File-System (HPFS) was developed by IBM and Microsoft for OS/2.

Following the BFS removal in Linux 7.4 as the old UnixWare file-system for boot partitions, HPFS is now on deck for possible removal from the mainline Linux kernel. HPFS development began nearly 40 years ago for OS/2 and hasn't really been relevant for many years.

The HPFS Linux driver has been orphaned and unmaintained for quite a while with no active users believed.

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I guess I better try to recover my old OS/2 drives soon. I keep on procrastinating setting up a box with a SCSI controller so I can copy the contents of my old HPFS drives (some are JFS, so that might last a bit longer).

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