Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:27:23 -0600, Grant Taylor wrote: > >>> Looking at the github readme, it wold appear that exfat-progs is for >>> use with the new in-kernel exfat fs, while exfat-utils is a companion >>> to the older FUSE implementation of exfat. >> Maybe I need more caffeine, but I can't see the /direct/ relationship >> between /user/ /space/ utilities and /kernel/ /space/ support for the >> same file system. >> Is there something that I'm missing that would prevent exfat-progs >> (user space) with FUSE exFAT (kernel space) -or- exfat-utils (user >> space) with in-kernel exFAT (kernel space)? > I'm not saying there is a direct relationship, but the exfat-progs readme > states it is for use with the new in-kernel fs while exfat-utils is from > the same devs as the FUSE module. > >
If it helps any, the newer one requires a 5.7 or higher kernel. It sounds to me like one is old school while the newer one is more *nifty* with *new ways* of doing things. Your choice which is better. I'd have to have a kernel upgrade before I could switch. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-)
