On Sunday 30 March 2003 19:49, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:

>   - fs=.. option now takes list of filesystem types like fs=ext2:vfat.
>     Using "auto" gave large delay sometimes (specifically for floppy).
Pixel, if you're reading this, and the patch gets applied, it would be good to 
make it default for floppies in diskdrake, it really speeds it up (checking 
for udf takes to long).

> Also,
>     when device is locked neither manual (eject button) nor program
>     (eject /dev/cdrom) eject are possible. It does not work well for
>     sd unfortunately.
what exactly does not work?

>
>   - new option no_tray_lock. It is intended for ro media to overcome
>     problems with such programs like Konqueror that constantly poll
>     directory for changes thus blocking any eject possibility.
This would be a nice default for ro devices.

>
>     (It is possible to lock device only on rw operations. Suggestions
>     are welcome).
why not?


>       subfs (rw)
>         reading it gives status of subfs; writing it allows you to
>       unmount and/or disable subfs preventing any attempt to mount
>       it. Intended usage is
>
>         - mkfs/fsck/CD burning when you need to make sure nothing
>           disrupts operation
this would be great. As far as I understand this will finally make it easy to 
format a floppy or burn a disk while using supermount.

>
> Here is the current TODO:
>
I would like to add something more ambitious. So shoot me down if you think 
that this proposal is _not_ what supermount should be doing.
I'd like to see a transparent way of access to audio cds (and vcd and the 
like). There is something already doing this called cdfs IIRC, haven't looked 
at it for some time. But currently GUI apps try to do this kinda thing by 
implementing things like audiocd:// io_slaves and the like. A very silly 
solution, why doesn't the kernel handle this?
As I said, perhaps it is better to improve cdfs and let supermount use this as 
subfs (if possible).

d.



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