Right, but I presume that the device will need to access the data that has
been sent, yes?  So the device needs to understand the FS too...

Matt

On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 06:31:18AM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> 
> > > Would the device also need to implement some sort of file system, such
> > > as ext2?
> >
> > Yes, probably.  The protocol operates at the block layer...  unless you
> > can store what you need using block-level access, some filesystem
> > support will be needed.
> 
> But let's not scare the guy.
> The kernel will happily implement a filesystem on top
> of the block device all by itself without any further support
> by the device.
> 
>       Regards
>               Oliver
> 
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