GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping (Developers)
> > Not sure why MS is holding so tightly to such a patent. It's not like
> LFNs
> > on FAT are a threat to their business. And Linux etc. have had VFAT
> support
> > for a long time without issues.
>
> Because it allows them to charge the fee you mentioned. Everything that
> decreases profits is a threat to their business.
I would rather they patented something entirely new and useful than holding on so strictly to what people are already using and familiar with. But I guess if I had 72,000 mouths to feed too, I'd be a bit clingy also.
> > Linux seems less interested in exFAT than BTRFS and ext4 these days.
> (And
> > still lots of people whining for ZFS.)
>
> You don't know what you're talking about. Linux would never use exFAT as
> its primary FS, no, but it will add support for mounting & using exFAT.
That's not what I meant. And who knows whether they will add it. Maybe patent woes will scare them away.
> > It actually makes no sense to continue with it in DOS, especially if
> it's
> > patented. But we have no FS developers anyways, so it's moot.
>
> I highly doubt there's any difference between adding exFAT support and
> having FAT32 support.
There must be because exFAT supports much bigger file sizes (2^64, aka 16 exbibytes). As the Wikipedia article mentions, exFAT (for example) used 96 KB where NTFS used 47 MB overhead (on a 4 GB flash drive). Quite a difference.
Complete thread:
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 03:40 (Developers)
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Steve, 21.12.2007, 05:38
- The Death Of FAT32+ - Japheth, 21.12.2007, 07:24
- --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 22:13
- --- DEATH --- - sol, 21.12.2007, 22:30
- --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 22:46
- --- DEATH --- - Steve, 21.12.2007, 23:22
- --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 22:46
- Rest in Peace, Fat32+! No Resurrection possible! - Japheth, 21.12.2007, 23:12
- -- DEATH -- (anyone has a solution for >4GiB files in DOS ?) - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 23:46
- First get all facts! - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 00:15
- --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 22.12.2007, 00:24
- --- DEATH --- - sol, 22.12.2007, 05:17
- --- DEATH --- - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 09:45
- --- DEATH --- - Steve, 22.12.2007, 10:08
- DOS API extension for files > 4 GB - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 10:28
- --- DEATH --- - sol, 23.12.2007, 23:29
- --- DEATH --- - Matjaz, 24.12.2007, 10:03
- DOS File System efforts - Japheth, 24.12.2007, 17:06
- DOS File System efforts - Rugxulo, 24.12.2007, 19:53
- DOS File System efforts - sol, 25.12.2007, 02:17
- DOS File System efforts - Japheth, 25.12.2007, 09:10
- DOS File System efforts - Rugxulo, 26.12.2007, 21:34
- DOS File System efforts - Rugxulo, 24.12.2007, 19:53
- --- DEATH --- - Steve, 22.12.2007, 10:08
- HPFS for DOS - Rugxulo, 09.09.2008, 22:48
- --- DEATH --- - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 09:45
- --- DEATH --- - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 08:57
- --- DEATH --- - sol, 22.12.2007, 05:17
- --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 22.12.2007, 00:24
- First get all facts! - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 00:15
- -- DEATH -- (anyone has a solution for >4GiB files in DOS ?) - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 23:46
- --- DEATH --- - sol, 21.12.2007, 22:30
- 1 a later, DOS fs enh committee, please report what you got - DOS386, 29.12.2008, 02:41
- Just noise? - Japheth, 29.12.2008, 08:07
- NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - DOS386, 30.12.2008, 23:06
- NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - Japheth, 31.12.2008, 11:46
- NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - sol, 02.01.2009, 01:59
- NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - Rugxulo, 02.01.2009, 04:25
- NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - Japheth, 31.12.2008, 11:46
- NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - DOS386, 30.12.2008, 23:06
- better DOS file system? - Rugxulo, 29.12.2008, 23:16
- better DOS file system? - ecm, 30.12.2008, 21:48
- 1 a later, DOS fs enh committee, please report what you got - Steve, 02.01.2009, 07:01
- Just noise? - Japheth, 29.12.2008, 08:07
- --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 22:13
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Laaca, 11.01.2009, 14:14
- exFAT - ecm, 11.01.2009, 17:30
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 12.01.2009, 19:25
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 15.01.2009, 05:26
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 15.01.2009, 06:13
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 15.01.2009, 06:24
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 16.01.2009, 01:49
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 16.01.2009, 07:03
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 18.01.2009, 00:14
- 4desasters 4u, DOSsers - DOS386, 24.01.2009, 09:42
- FAT+/FAT/patents - ecm, 24.01.2009, 13:59
- 4desasters 4u, DOSsers - Japheth, 24.01.2009, 21:01
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Laaca, 14.02.2009, 13:59
- exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Rugxulo, 19.02.2009, 02:41
- exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Japheth, 20.02.2009, 09:07
- exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Laaca, 20.02.2009, 20:16
- exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Zyzzle, 21.02.2009, 01:56
- exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - sol, 21.02.2009, 05:32
- exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Rugxulo, 21.02.2009, 05:40
- exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Laaca, 21.02.2009, 15:57
- exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - Rugxulo, 15.03.2009, 15:55
- exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - ecm, 15.03.2009, 20:36
- exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - Rugxulo, 17.03.2009, 00:28
- exFAT specification - tom, 17.03.2009, 19:31
- exFAT specification - Laaca, 21.03.2010, 15:42
- former-FAT - DOS386, 22.03.2010, 08:15
- exFAT specification - Laaca, 21.03.2010, 15:42
- exFAT specification - tom, 17.03.2009, 19:31
- exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - Rugxulo, 17.03.2009, 00:28
- exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - ecm, 15.03.2009, 20:36
- exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - Rugxulo, 15.03.2009, 15:55
- exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - sol, 21.02.2009, 05:32
- exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Zyzzle, 21.02.2009, 01:56
- exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Laaca, 20.02.2009, 20:16
- exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Japheth, 20.02.2009, 09:07
- exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Rugxulo, 19.02.2009, 02:41
- 4desasters 4u, DOSsers - DOS386, 24.01.2009, 09:42
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 18.01.2009, 00:14
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 16.01.2009, 07:03
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 16.01.2009, 01:49
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 15.01.2009, 06:24
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 15.01.2009, 06:13
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 15.01.2009, 05:26