RE: Willing to debug bug #3542 (23.0.94; File access via UNC path slow again under Windows)

[Drew Adams]

> "If the variable w32-get-true-file-attributes is non-nil (the
> default), Emacs tries to determine the accurate link counts for files.
> This option is only useful on NTFS volumes, and it *considerably slows
> down Dired and other features*, so use it only on fast machines."
> 
> Hmm... There is a suggestion to use it only on fast machines at the
> same time it is turned on by default. Shouldn't it be the other way
> around? Btw, I consider my machine to be quite fast even though it is
> a couple of years old.
> 
> I suggest we change the default value of this variable to nil (or make
> the code faster).

Dumb question: Is there a way for Emacs to know whether the format is NTFS or
FAT(32)? If so, then Emacs could use nil for FAT volumes.

(If not, it seems like nil would be the best default value.)