I've cross-compiled ntfs-3g-1-2216 for ARM platform (arm-elf) using uclibc. This is compiled with internal fuse

When I run the command
./ntfs-3g /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /mnt/hd1

I get the following error
ntfs-3g-mount: fuse device is missing, try 'modprobe fuse'

However when checking the dev directory I can see the device exists.

ls -l /dev/fuse
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 229 Feb 29 16:11 /dev/fuse

ls -l /dev/misc/fuse
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 229 Feb 29 16:11 /dev/misc/fuse

What may cause the open function to return -ENODEV, although the node has been created?

You don't have the FUSE __kernel__ module installed and loaded into your kernel.

NTFS-3G does not need the FUSE user space library, utilities, etc but it does need the FUSE kernel module. This is how it's also documented on the NTFS-3G home page: http://ntfs-3g.org/index.html#installation



What you were refering to is a simple device file, not the FUSE kernel module. It can exist with and without FUSE kernel module loaded.