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From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "sys-fs/exfat-utils" vs "sys-fs/exfatprogs"
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 17:27:30
Message-Id: 09d035ca-4f06-beed-b957-ac2e09d73489@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] "sys-fs/exfat-utils" vs "sys-fs/exfatprogs" by Neil Bothwick
1 On 3/20/21 9:52 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > Looking at the github readme, it wold appear that exfat-progs is for
3 > use with the new in-kernel exfat fs, while exfat-utils is a companion
4 > to the older FUSE implementation of exfat.
5
6 Maybe I need more caffeine, but I can't see the /direct/ relationship
7 between /user/ /space/ utilities and /kernel/ /space/ support for the
8 same file system.
9
10 Is there something that I'm missing that would prevent exfat-progs (user
11 space) with FUSE exFAT (kernel space) -or- exfat-utils (user space) with
12 in-kernel exFAT (kernel space)?
13
14 #confused
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19 Grant. . . .
20 unix || die

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Re: [gentoo-user] "sys-fs/exfat-utils" vs "sys-fs/exfatprogs" Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>