Paragon Software, which supplies Microsoft licensed
initial implementation of the new open source exFAT driver. The driver code is open sourced under the GPLv2 license and is temporarily restricted to run in read-only mode. A variant of the driver that supports write mode is under development, but it is not yet ready for publication. The patch for inclusion in the Linux kernel was sent personally by Konstantin Komarov, the founder and head of the company
Paragon Software Company
Recall that in August, in the experimental "staging" section of the Linux 5.4 kernel ("drivers / staging /"), where components requiring improvement are placed, already
The exFAT file system was created by Microsoft to address the limitations of FAT32 when used on large flash drives. Support for the exFAT file system was introduced in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP with Service Pack 2. The maximum file size compared to FAT32 has been expanded from 4 GB to 16 exabytes, the maximum partition size limit of 32 GB has been removed to reduce fragmentation and increase speed, a bitmap of free blocks has been introduced, the limit on the number of files in one directory has been raised to 65 thousand, and the ability to store ACLs has been provided.
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