Silent-Hunter
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Does this mean exFAT drivers must be installed by default in the Pyra?
The theoretical maximum storage on a Pyra just went up.
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Grench
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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.
Given that's ~250 KiB, it shouldn't matter that much.
TheOldOne
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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.
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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.
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Yes, but does that satisfy the requirements? Or does it have to be preinstalled?
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Prob not, this "requirement" is most likely not enforced.
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I should hope not.
Magic Sam
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Hi all,
@Plume : just what @Letalis Sonus said. I never said using ExFAT on Linux was impossible (it is possible, thanks to FUSE). But that doesn't stop it from being a proprietary technology owned by Microsoft, and patent encumbered. Thus, it can't be part of the kernel, what's more in Linux-libre, which is the kernel you seem to be using...
As a Parabola GNU/Linux-libre user, you should know better
Cheers, Magic Sam
@Plume : just what @Letalis Sonus said. I never said using ExFAT on Linux was impossible (it is possible, thanks to FUSE). But that doesn't stop it from being a proprietary technology owned by Microsoft, and patent encumbered. Thus, it can't be part of the kernel, what's more in Linux-libre, which is the kernel you seem to be using...
As a Parabola GNU/Linux-libre user, you should know better
Cheers, Magic Sam
@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")
