{"id":77883,"date":"2019-08-28T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-27T05:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:06:05","slug":"exfat-linux-kernel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opensource.microsoft.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/28\/exfat-linux-kernel\/","title":{"rendered":"exFAT in the Linux kernel? Yes!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Microsoft \u2665 Linux \u2013 we say that a lot, and we mean it! Today we\u2019re pleased to announce that Microsoft is supporting the addition of Microsoft\u2019s exFAT technology to the Linux kernel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

exFAT is the Microsoft-developed file system that\u2019s used in Windows and in many types of storage devices like SD Cards and USB flash drives. It\u2019s why hundreds of millions of storage devices that are formatted using exFAT \u201cjust work\u201d when you plug them into your laptop, camera, and car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s important to us that the Linux community can make use of exFAT included in the Linux kernel with confidence. To this end, we will be making Microsoft\u2019s technical specification for exFAT publicly available to facilitate development of conformant, interoperable implementations. We also support the eventual inclusion of a Linux kernel with exFAT support in a future revision of the Open Invention Network\u2019s Linux System Definition, where, once accepted, the code will benefit from the defensive patent commitments of OIN\u2019s 3040+ members and licensees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please see the Microsoft technical specification for exFAT at https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/windows\/win32\/fileio\/exfat-specification<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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