Weren't there any patent issues with exFAT? Udi
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 2:09 AM, Hetz Ben Hamo <h...@hetz.biz> wrote: > Hi, > > The ExFAT was invented by Microsoft specifically for such a removable > storage and support for flash cards with this sizes (it supports up to 64 > ZB). Its fully supported under Android (Samsung wrote the kernel module, so > there's a native support for it), and you can grab the kernel module from > here: > https://github.com/dorimanx/exfat-nofuse > > You can use ext3/ext4 (ext2 is a dog slow on SD) but then you'll have the > overhead of journaling, and you won't have any compatibility with any > Windows/Mac, in case you want to stick your card into such systems. > > תודה, > *חץ בן חמו* > "*חץ ביז <http://www.hetz.biz>*"- שרותי פרילאנס לניהול ותחזוקת שרתי > Linux ופתרונות וירטואליזציה. > טלפון: 054-5297156 > אתם מוזמנים לבקר אותנו בבלוג היעוץ שלנו <http://vps-consulting.info> > [image: גם אתר זה מתארח ב-חץ ביז שרתי VPS] > * > * > > > 2013/10/9 Ira Abramov <lists-linux...@ira.abramov.org> > >> Now do you format a 64GB SDXC card to use with Android? the opinions on >> the web are all over the place. some say it's OK to keep ExFat (it came >> formatted) since it's pretty stable in FUSE and the Cyanogenmod supports >> it. others say one should partition it down to two 32GB parts of Fat32 >> for compatibility with older OS in case you need to reset (also I found >> my version of CWM does not read ExFAT). Others say ext2 is the way to >> go, or ext3 (Windows machines won't support that easily, but I don't >> care since I don't run one). >> >> Basically it's a question of what FS is the most convenient, stable, >> safe and speed-optimized for flash. The forums people argue but I feel >> none of them have serious ways to back up their opinions. If you have >> any facts or educated opinions, I'd be happy to learn. >> >> >> -- >> World class chipmunk >> Ira Abramov >> http://ira.abramov.org/email/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >
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