enable support for ExFAT
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
ExFAT is a popular file-system when needing to share data between Linux and Windows when you do not need all the bells and whistles from NTFS but don't want the limitations of FAT32 (such as being limited to files < 4GiB).
**Describe the solution you'd like**
Amend Microsoft/config-wsl to enable CONFIG_EXFAT_FS
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Could use FUSE or require my users to build and load their own WSL2 kernel
**Additional context**
Hopefully everything above sheds some light as to the intent. I am happy to submit a Pull Request if you see some value in having out-of-the-box support for EXFAT in WSL2
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with Microsoft/config-wsl and inspect how kernel filesystem options are defined, focusing on the requested CONFIG_EXFAT_FS setting. The work is done when ExFAT support is enabled in that configuration and the resulting WSL2 kernel provides the requested out-of-the-box support.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100