Re: [PATCH] fs: exFAT read-only driver GPL implementation by Paragon Software.

From: Maurizio Lombardi
Date: Mon Oct 21 2019 - 07:08:19 EST




Dne 21.10.2019 v 12:54 Pali RohÃr napsal(a):
> Plus there is new version of
> this out-of-tree Samsung's exfat driver called sdfat which can be found
> in some Android phones.

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>
> About that one implementation from Samsung, which was recently merged
> into staging tree, more people wrote that code is in horrible state and
> probably it should not have been merged. That implementation has
> all-one-one driver FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT which basically
> duplicate current kernel fs/fat code.
>
> Quick look at this Konstantin's patch, it looks like that code is not in
> such bad state as staging one. It has only exFAT support (no FAT32) but
> there is no write support (yet).

But, AFAIK, Samsung is preparing a patch that will replace the current
staging driver with their newer sdfat driver that also has write support.

https://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=156985252507812&w=2

Maurizio