On dimanche 7 juin 2020 20:10:11 CEST Kwon-Young Choi wrote: > Hello, > > I have recently made a plugin for dolphin to mount and unmount iso > files: https://invent.kde.org/sdk/dolphin-plugins/-/merge_requests/1 > > This plugin uses DBus calls to directly communicate with UDisks2 to > attach and detach a loop device backed by an iso file. > While writing the plugin, I used to Solid framework to do some hardware > query and realized that there was no concept of loop device in Solid. > I would like to know if there is interest to add a loop device interface > to Solid and the ability to attach and detach such device? > > I'm starting to understand the architecture of Solid and I think I would > be able to add: > > * an abstract Loop DeviceInterface > * a backend Loop DeviceInterface backed by UDisks2 > * a frontend Loop DeviceInterface > * the ability for the DeviceManager to create a Loop DeviceInterface > (I'm not sure this is possible...) > > However, I am not sure if this fit in the score of the Solid framework.
I wish there was a Solid maintainer to answer you... However for such an architectural/scope question, maybe ervin will be willing to provide some input :-) -- David Faure, fa...@kde.org, http://www.davidfaure.fr Working on KDE Frameworks 5
