Yes, there is, but just like with FAT, FAT32, NTFS, SMB etc - you won't see Microsoft chasing Ubuntu, CentOS or Red Hat for royalties. MS is asking royalties from the hardware vendors, not from you or your favorite distribution.
BTW: Both Fedora and Ubuntu already support exfat. 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] * * 2013/10/10 Udi Finkelstein <linux...@udif.com> > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >
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