[$] Examining exFAT

Linux kernel developers like to get support for new features - such asfilesystem types - merged quickly. In the case of the exFATfilesystem, that didn't happen; exFAT was created by Microsoft in 2006 foruse in larger flash-storage cards, but there has never been support in thekernel for this filesystem. Microsoft's recent announcementthat it wanted to get exFAT support into the mainline kernel would appearto have removed the largest obstacle to Linux exFAT support. But, as is sooften the case, it seems that some challenges remain.