Hi Jacek! Can you please indicate, that will it be developed in public? Besides can you please indicate when do you think it will be available for to be used? I guess it would also solve the Tizen IVI usb automount issue as reported at https://bugs.tizen.org/jira/browse/TIVI-1085 as it would avoid duplicate work?
BR imran ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Jacek Pielaszkiewicz [[email protected]] Sent: 09 October 2013 10:52 To: Lynch, Rusty; Jacek Pielaszkiewicz Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dev] Removable block devices in TIZEN > -----Original Message----- > From: Rusty Lynch [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 6:12 PM > To: Jacek Pielaszkiewicz > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dev] Removable block devices in TIZEN > > On Tue, 2013-10-08 at 14:59 +0200, Jacek Pielaszkiewicz wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I have created set of patches to implement udisks on TIZEN and > > replace removable block devices support in system-server by udisk. > > Main reason for the proposed changes is to implement in TIZEN common > > and well known functionalities that handle removable devices. > > > > Implemented changes: > > > > (1) System-server patch - remove support for block devices in > > system-server removal - remove udev rules that triggers action in > > system-server (rules for add/remove kernel events) > > > > (2) Udisks - initial version of the udisks repository for TIZEN - > > version > > 2.1.2 > > > > (3) libatasmart - initial version of the libatasmart repository for > > TIZEN - version 0.19. The library is required by udisks. > > > > (4) udisks-agent - my implementation of an simple agent that works in > > user space. It handles events triggered by the udisks (add/remove > > device). The agent provide very basic functionality - mount/unmount > > removable block device. Any notification is not send to end-user. The > > agent in assumption should be base for future works and closer > > integration with rest of TIZEN components. To avoid any security > issue > > I added wide rules in polkit to allow every user mount removable > block devices. > > > > (5) polkit patch - add support in the polkit demon to be started by > systemd. > > The polkit is required by udisks. > > > > I think this is the correct direction. We have no need to handle this > fundamentally different then most other Linux instances out there. > > > > > Issues/topics that required future works: > > > > (1) Multi user support (open topic for TIZEN 3.0) > > > > (2) Which API should we exposed for TIZEN applications - native udisk > > API (dbus based) or build a new one on top of udisk API. > > Lets not create another abstraction layer. Native apps can just > directly call into the existing dbus API and web apps do not have > direct access to arbitrary storage. > > > (3) In version 2.1.2 udisks has limited support for encrypted block > > devices (only setup and mount such devices). Should we add support > for > > other operations like: initial encrypted block devices setup, in > place > > encryption/decryption, etc? > > Does the Tizen 2.2 phone already support such things? It doesn’t, but such functionalities is available for example in Android. End-user can encrypt/decrypt removable block device. > > > (4) Mount points location - by default udisks mount new block devices > > in /run/media/__user__/__device_name__ in TIZEN it is > > /opt/storage/sdcard - hardcoded. > > I think we should stop using the oddball location under > /opt/storage/sdcard and just fix whatever middleware is working under > this hard coded assumption. > > > (5) Integration udisks with TIZEN security (security-server, ...) > > Last I heard the security-server was marked for death, i.e. the overall > system was being addressed such that we should not need such a beast > anymore. But... I'll let the security folks comment on that. > -- Jacek Pielaszkiewicz Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics Email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.tizen.org/listinfo/dev --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Finland Oy Registered Address: PL 281, 00181 Helsinki Business Identity Code: 0357606 - 4 Domiciled in Helsinki This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.tizen.org/listinfo/dev
