Android and the 64 billion bytes question.

[Hetz Ben Hamo]

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.


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2013/10/10 Udi Finkelstein <Linux-IL at udif.com>

> 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.
>>
>> תודה,
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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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