Linux 7.3 Expected To Drop The FreeVxFS File-System Driver
Linux 7.3 is expected to drop the FreeVxFS file-system driver, a read-only Linux kernel driver for the Veritas VxFS file-system. The driver was used by old Unix systems such as HP-UX and SCO UnixWare, but its maintainer finds little value in its continued existence. The removal of the driver is due to the lack of active users and the increase of automated bug checkers reporting bugs in the seldom maintained code.
- ▪The FreeVxFS file-system driver is being removed from the Linux kernel due to lack of use.
- ▪The driver was used for compatibility with old Unix systems from the 1990s.
- ▪Only one known user and contributor has been active in the last 15 years.
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Linux 7.3 Expected To Drop The FreeVxFS File-System Driver Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Storage on 3 August 2026 at 08:35 AM EDT. Add A Comment It looks like Linux 7.3 will end up dropping FreeVxFS as the read-only Linux kernel driver for the Veritas VxFS file-ssytem used formerly by HP-UX and SCO UnixWare. Christian Brauner has queued a patch by Christoph Hellwig into a VFS Git branch for removing the FreeVxFS file-system driver. Hellwig maintained the aging driver up to this point but finds little value in its continued existence in the mainline Linux kernel.
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