| Summary: | Add exFAT format: now is GPLv2 licensed. | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] partitionmanager | Reporter: | Ricardo Alejandro García Gómez <gagorial> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Andrius Štikonas <andrius> |
| Status: | RESOLVED NOT A BUG | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | ||
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 4.1.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Neon | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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Description
Ricardo Alejandro García Gómez
2020-02-12 17:30:48 UTC
I forgot the reference of news: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/mtl/exfat-licensing.aspx exFat license does not matter for Partition Manager. We do not link to any file system libraries, KDE Partition Manager only calls other executables. (In fact we can't link to GPLv2 only libraries because KDE Partition Manager is GPLv3 or later). KDE Partition Manager already has support for creating exfat file systems with mkexfatfs (from exfat-utils). If that tool is later replaced with kexfatfs, I can consider replacing mkexfatfs with kexfatfs but that's way too early. Anyway, I can't find any references at all to kexfatfs. Sorry, I write the name of command wrong, it is as you mentioned: mkexfatfs. I was testing Partition Manager from a live DVD and do not found the option. Sincerely. You possibly did not install exfat-utils. You can check that in Tools->File System Support. (In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #4) > You possibly did not install exfat-utils. You can check that in Tools->File > System Support. I reviewed and serched at Discover and is installed. (In reply to Ricardo Alejandro García Gómez from comment #5) > (In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #4) > > You possibly did not install exfat-utils. You can check that in Tools->File > > System Support. > > I reviewed and serched at Discover and is installed. And what is shown in File System Support Dialog? (In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #6) > (In reply to Ricardo Alejandro García Gómez from comment #5) > > (In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #4) > > > You possibly did not install exfat-utils. You can check that in Tools->File > > > System Support. > > > > I reviewed and serched at Discover and is installed. > > And what is shown in File System Support Dialog? I do not know where is located File System Support Dialog, but I can write and read from a USB drive formatted as exFAT without problems. (In reply to Ricardo Alejandro García Gómez from comment #7) > (In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #6) > > (In reply to Ricardo Alejandro García Gómez from comment #5) > > > (In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #4) > > > > You possibly did not install exfat-utils. You can check that in Tools->File > > > > System Support. > > > > > > I reviewed and serched at Discover and is installed. > > > > And what is shown in File System Support Dialog? > > I do not know where is located File System Support Dialog, but I can write > and read from a USB drive formatted as exFAT without problems. Well, in KDE Partition Manager (in Tools menu as I mentioned in a previous comment). Reading and writing exFAT works because you have either exfat-fuse installed or the new kernel driver. KDE Partition Manager does not need to read write. At the moment it should be able to create new exFAT file systems but not resize them (exfat-utils don't have any tools to resize them). (In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #6) > (In reply to Ricardo Alejandro García Gómez from comment #5) > > (In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #4) > > > You possibly did not install exfat-utils. You can check that in Tools->File > > > System Support. > > > > I reviewed and serched at Discover and is installed. > > And what is shown in File System Support Dialog? Sorry, I was searching out the Partition Manager, I found the information. exFAT is not listed.(In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #8) > (In reply to Ricardo Alejandro García Gómez from comment #7) > > (In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #6) > > > (In reply to Ricardo Alejandro García Gómez from comment #5) > > > > (In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #4) > > > > > You possibly did not install exfat-utils. You can check that in Tools->File > > > > > System Support. > > > > > > > > I reviewed and serched at Discover and is installed. > > > > > > And what is shown in File System Support Dialog? > > > > I do not know where is located File System Support Dialog, but I can write > > and read from a USB drive formatted as exFAT without problems. > > Well, in KDE Partition Manager (in Tools menu as I mentioned in a previous > comment). > > Reading and writing exFAT works because you have either exfat-fuse installed > or the new kernel driver. KDE Partition Manager does not need to read write. > At the moment it should be able to create new exFAT file systems but not > resize them (exfat-utils don't have any tools to resize them). Sorry, I was searching out Partition Manager. exFAT is not listed. I think you are looking at the wrong place. This is the screenshot on Neon: https://kde.modular.im/_matrix/media/r0/download/kde.org/BZRpvNRMcJVCOMrFFKcdzwGe Yes, I saw the correct place. I will test with the unstable version of "neon" and then I tell you if works. Thanks a lot! Sorry for my english, I know that it is not enough good. Well, The last version of Partition Manager, in "neon", does not have support for exFAT. (In reply to Ricardo Alejandro García Gómez from comment #12) > Well, The last version of Partition Manager, in "neon", does not have > support for exFAT. It definitely does have support. exFAT support was added to Partition Manager over 7 years ago. And neon project founder confirmed that he tested it and there is exfat support. Could you please explain in a bit more detail was do you mean when you say it does not have support for exFAT. (In reply to Andrius Štikonas from comment #13) > (In reply to Ricardo Alejandro García Gómez from comment #12) > > Well, The last version of Partition Manager, in "neon", does not have > > support for exFAT. > > It definitely does have support. exFAT support was added to Partition > Manager over 7 years ago. And neon project founder confirmed that he tested > it and there is exfat support. > > Could you please explain in a bit more detail was do you mean when you say > it does not have support for exFAT. exFAT is not listed in the place where do you tell to me. What information do you need for to corroborate it? I Want to help. Can you take the screenshot of that dialog and attach here? Created attachment 126001 [details]
File system support
Created attachment 126002 [details]
File system support
Do you are right. I maybe break something while I was learning to use the OS. Sorry by any inconvenient or trobuble. |