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exFAT filesystem

This is the exfat filesystem for support from the linux 5.15 kernel to the latest kernel. If you want to use exfat from 4.1 ~ 5.15 kernel, Please use #for-kernel-version-from-4.1.0 branch.

Installing as a stand-alone module

Install prerequisite package for Fedora, RHEL:

	yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)

Build step:

	make
	sudo make install

To load the driver manually, run this as root:

	modprobe exfat

Installing as a part of the kernel

  1. Let's take [linux] as the path to your kernel source dir.
	cd [linux]
	cp -ar exfat [linux]/fs/
  1. edit [linux]/fs/Kconfig
	source "fs/fat/Kconfig"
	+source "fs/exfat/Kconfig"
	source "fs/ntfs/Kconfig"
  1. edit [linux]/fs/Makefile
	obj-$(CONFIG_FAT_FS)          += fat/
	+obj-$(CONFIG_EXFAT_FS)       += exfat/
	obj-$(CONFIG_BFS_FS)          += bfs/
  1. make menuconfig and set exfat
	File systems  --->
		DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems  --->
			<M> exFAT filesystem support
			(utf8) Default iocharset for exFAT

build your kernel