Well the Linux kernel already has FUSE as a module. I've seen it work nicely with Ubuntu LTSP having the clients mount a USB stick like it was a local device, use it, then just plug it out without the need to unmount it at all from desktop or console. The key is create the "virtual" filesystem in userspace.
Jerome On 3/6/07, Cocoy Dayao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
yes... something to do with how the host computer and the device interacts, syncs and unsyncs on the fly. it could be implemented via the kernel... but then if the patent is approved i don't know how linux can implement it as a software solution. this is a quote from the news item of what apple filed (for a patent): the news item link: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2461 On 03 6, 07, at 11:49 AM, Jerome Gotangco wrote: > Seems more like creating and manipulating a filesystem in userspace > as a kernel module? > > Jerome
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