On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 15:20 +0200, ext Henrik Hedberg wrote: > Marius Vollmer wrote: > > > It will be hardcoded, but I think it is still negotiable. The partition > > itself is actually 2 GB, but it is also used for the Meta Tracker > > database and other things. > > > > What about making it 4 GB? Would that feel big enough? > > 2 GB, 4 GB... I think there is always an issue when it is hard coded. > > Why is the ancient VFAT and fixed partitioning still used? Would it
VFAT is used because of MS Windows support. > be possible to partition eMMC into one big ext3 partition and just use > some kind of loopdevice or similar when exposing a part of it as an USB > storage in VFAT format? That way also the annoying "not mounted right > now" issue would be fixed, since an USB host and the device could use Yes, these would be really nice if there would be such translation software written and tested by someone. It would not be trivial task, perhaps it's easier to use some network protocol, or make ext3 support for Windows :) -Kimmo > the same files at the same time. I do not see technical limits, but > maybe someone should just code a relevant kernel module (the virtual > VFAT loopdevice ;) if that does not exist. > > BR, > > Henrik > _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
