The theoretical maximum storage on a Pyra just went up.


The Secure Digital eXtended Capacity (SDXC) format, announced in January 2009 and defined in version 3.01 of the SD specification, supports cards up to 2 TB (2048 GB), compared to a limit of 32 GB for SDHC cards in the SD 2.0 specification. SDXC adopts Microsoft's exFAT file system as a mandatory feature.
Does this mean exFAT drivers must be installed by default in the Pyra?
 
Does this mean exFAT drivers must be installed by default in the Pyra?
If the device is going to be advertised as, "SDXC compliant" then it might need to be. Though I consider that requirement more toward how the card must be pre-formatted, I could see it also as requiring that the device be able to read/write ExFat as well, even though we all know that it doesn't really need it to be functional - it might have to have ExFat capabilities for SDXC complance and compatibility.

Interesting twist to it.
 
The Secure Digital eXtended Capacity (SDXC) format, announced in January 2009 and defined in version 3.01 of the SD specification, supports cards up to 2 TB (2048 GB), compared to a limit of 32 GB for SDHC cards in the SD 2.0 specification. SDXC adopts Microsoft's exFAT file system as a mandatory feature.
Is my information really more than 7 years old? A lot can change in that much time i guess.

I recall at the time MS said they would sue anyone that made EXFAT drivers for anything without getting a license and would sue any device maker that shipped EXFAT drivers without themselves having a license. I also recall at the time you could not claim SDXC support unless you had EXFAT support even if it worked with SDXC cards when reformatted. At the time the "Free" to implement SD spec didn't cover USH and to get the license it use UHS you needed to comply with all the SDXC spec witch included licensing EXFAT from Microsoft.

Note to self check if information is still accurate before posting.

Edit: just want to note the difference between SDHC spec and non UHS SDXC spec other than the FS is effectively nothing. It's why most android phones that supported SDHC before there was SDXC will work with reformatted SDXC cards.
 
Please check before you post anything. Especially, when it is so easy. I'm personally running Parabola GNU/Linux and have access to exFAT drivers, so the slightly modified Debian available on the Pyra should offer it too.
Making it available to install it afterwards doesn't solve any patenting/licensing issues, it just moves it to the user. As long as said issues exist you'll never get it with a vanilla kernel or preinstalled via a distribution that won't accept walking into the legally gray area.

You can get exFAT drivers for the Pandora as well without getting your hands dirty, but it isn't included by default for a reason.
 
@Magic Sam : Well, I have to admit that I am not specifically familiar with laws of a foreign country (read: the US), but as far as I understood, the problem is the software patent part. And guess what, where I live software patents aren't recognized. So, personally, I don't care at all. (as long as there is no push towards software patents "to protect innovation")
 
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