Android and the 64 billion bytes question.

[Udi Finkelstein]

Weren't there any patent issues with exFAT?

Udi



On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 2:09 AM, Hetz Ben Hamo <hetz at 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.
>
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> 2013/10/9 Ira Abramov <Lists-Linux-IL at 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.
>>
>>
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