Re: IDEA: make N800 emulate a USB CD-ROM, possible? yes/no?

2009-09-15 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Frantisek Dufka wrote: > Frantisek Dufka wrote: >> >> It shouldn't be too hard to backport it to 2.6.21 (OS2008) or .18 (OS2007) >> kernel. The specific diff is here http://tinyurl.com/nn92vn > > Did the last step too. Here is patched kernel module for OS2008/diab

Re: IDEA: make N800 emulate a USB CD-ROM, possible? yes/no?

2009-09-15 Thread Frantisek Dufka
Frantisek Dufka wrote: > It shouldn't be too hard to backport it to 2.6.21 (OS2008) or .18 > (OS2007) kernel. The specific diff is here http://tinyurl.com/nn92vn Did the last step too. Here is patched kernel module for OS2008/diablo http://fanoush.wz.cz/maemo/g_file_storage.ko. No idea whether i

Re: IDEA: make N800 emulate a USB CD-ROM, possible? yes/no?

2009-09-15 Thread Frantisek Dufka
Fernando Cassia wrote: > How difficult would it be to implement this? In latest linux kernel it is already done. See http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.31/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c There is cdrom module parameter you need to pass when inserting the module. Looks like it was added in 2.6.29,

Maemo Brainstorm (was Re: IDEA: make N800 emulate a USB CD-ROM, possible? yes/no?)

2009-09-15 Thread Quim Gil
ext Fernando Cassia wrote: > Once upon a while, I have a crazy idea and this time I think this > one is good... In these cases it is good to explain the problem and discuss possible solutions using http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/ You can submit your ideas there and then refer to them

Re: IDEA: make N800 emulate a USB CD-ROM, possible? yes/no?

2009-09-14 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Wayne Fiori wrote: > Wouldn't this: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ be an easier solution? > -- > =Wayne No it won´t. I have several old systems that do not recognize pen drives but do boot from USB CD-ROMs... FC ___

Re: IDEA: make N800 emulate a USB CD-ROM, possible? yes/no?

2009-09-14 Thread Wayne Fiori
Wouldn't this: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ be an easier solution? -- =Wayne On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Hi there, > > Once upon a while, I have a crazy idea and this time I think this > one is good... > > Here´s it: create some software that would make

Re: IDEA: make N800 emulate a USB CD-ROM, possible? yes/no?

2009-09-14 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Gary wrote: > Fernando Cassia wrote: >> I really really really hate having to burn CDs and DVD-Rs to test new >> linux versions. If I could just download the ISO images to from my >> N800 and then enable some software > Assuming the maemo kernel includes support fo

Re: IDEA: make N800 emulate a USB CD-ROM, possible? yes/no?

2009-09-14 Thread Gary
Fernando Cassia wrote: > I really really really hate having to burn CDs and DVD-Rs to test new > linux versions. If I could just download the ISO images to from my > N800 and then enable some software Assuming the maemo kernel includes support for ISO9660 and loopback devices, one could just 'mount

IDEA: make N800 emulate a USB CD-ROM, possible? yes/no?

2009-09-14 Thread Fernando Cassia
Hi there, Once upon a while, I have a crazy idea and this time I think this one is good... Here´s it: create some software that would make the N800 impersonate a USB CD-ROM. I really really really hate having to burn CDs and DVD-Rs to test new linux versions. If I could just download the ISO