The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux

Re:The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux by ggm on Friday March 27, 2020 @06:44PM (#22707574)

I hate DOS as much as the next UNIX person but in filesystems it pays to be nuanced. We need to be able to swap data across OS and read/write enabled FS support for >4GB partitions with sensible names not 8.3 and with ACLS and even being able to boot from them would be nice. I wouldn't choose to live in exVFAT but I would welcome integration of support.

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Re:The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux by zozbot234 on Friday March 27, 2020 @08:05PM (#22708010)

You're not going to be able to boot from exFAT partitions: the UEFI boot partition spec is strictly based on plain old FAT format, not the new exFAT.

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Re:The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux by ggm on Friday March 27, 2020 @08:12PM (#22708046)

Its good to have dreams. It took a few years but PS/2 dropped from the supply chain mobo. We might move on from multi-voltage power supplies in the next decade.

I think people don't use 3.5" floppy drives any more. Or parallel ports.

So yes: the UEFI boot spec is FAT. Once, we didn't have UEFI and maybe once, in the future, boot spec won't be locked in FAT.

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Re:The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux by LargoLasskhyfv on Saturday March 28, 2020 @01:04AM (#22709340)

What was wrong with PS/2? It worked. Even with less latency than USB. And you could feel the right orientation of the plug, whereas USB was more difficult to get orientated right. And it was usually color coded.

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Re:The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux by Shorel on Saturday March 28, 2020 @01:14AM (#22709384)

I still think using a PS/2 mouse was an advantage in games like Quake and Counter Strike back in the day.

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Re:The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux by coretx on Friday March 27, 2020 @07:15PM (#22707752)

All those arguments are valid and where already somewhere around 2k. Today, many more matter. Prominently the FS being aware of it being at flash storage or magnetic etc. We surely should oppose artificially prolonging the *fat shelf life.

Edit: @Guy claiming exFAT was developed for flash drives. Not sure if your clever spindoktering is astroturfing or trolling. >_<

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Re:The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux by nordsieck on Friday March 27, 2020 @07:31PM (#22707849)

> Prominently the FS being aware of it being at flash storage or magnetic etc. We surely should oppose artificially prolonging the fat shelf life.
All of those are good things in isolation. However, the reality is, Linux/BSD/etc. doesn't have the marketshare to push any filesystem cross platform.

Any filesystem with the characteristics you want that goes cross platform will start on MacOS (unlikely) or Windows (much, much more likely).

Until then, people need a way to accomplish tasks and exFat is the best we've got today for cross platform flash storage.

* I suppose it's possible it could come from Android or iOS, although iOS is pretty unlikely since it's so hostile to the idea of filesystems. For this to happen, though, it would have to be a regular task to plug flash drives into phones. That is currently not the case and won't be the case in the near future.

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Re:The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux by ComputerGuru on Friday March 27, 2020 @07:31PM (#22707847)

That’s nice. Seeing as exFAT was developed for flash drives, it seems like you should be happy with that :)

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