On 2020-09-13 01:39, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin-apps wrote: > On 13/09/2020 07:13, Achim Gratz wrote: >> Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin-apps writes: >>> Hmm, who decides (and how) what counts as a Linux distro? >> Something that is capable of and has actually done a license review. > Seems fair. >>> Either way, could anyone provide some insight as to whether bundling the >>> Cygwin DLL would allow Cygwin programs to access the virtual /dev and >>> /cygdrive paths? I have this all ready to be released for Windows, so >>> one way or another I'll need to make a bundle anyway for convenience. >> Yes, all the virtual fs are provided through the Cygwin DLL. > Excellent, thank you :) >> >>> It'd be great if it could make it into the official repos but I first >>> submitted this ITP around a month ago so I don't have high hopes as of >>> this point. >> You still haven't explained what it would be useful for. This >> bare-metal stuff isn't something I'd usually consider doing from within >> a userland compatibility layer running on Windows. > > My apologies - I thought I had but that must be a false memory. This > module is a device information collector, and in Cygwin's case it makes > it easy for users of DDRescue-GUI to find the link between the Windows > drive letters and Cygwin paths. It also provides other information such > as make and model, but this is limited on Cygwin because some of the > more low-level device management utilities don't exist, probably due to > bits of missing API as explained to me by Corrina (at least I think it > was her). It behaves very similarly on macOS and Linux, except it just > needs to inform the user of device details instead of also relating to > drive letters/Windows names. > > This is basically just a dependency for DDRescue-GUI (a GUI I wrote for > GNU ddrescue), and I had interest on getting this running easily on > Windows, so I thought Cygwin would be the way to go for better > compatibility. You can find DDRescue-GUI here: > https://www.hamishmb.com/html/downloads.php?program_name=ddrescue-gui > and the user guide is available from the nav bar if you want more > information about it. > > Does that answer your question - hopefully I didn't miss the point.
Package smartmontools has access to some low level disk I/O features when run elevated under an admin account. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in IEC units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]
