Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] Add option for block-extroot to mount a sub directory on the external USB device

2010-04-09 Thread Quentin Armitage
It looks as though MMC cards should work just as well with the patch. The key thing is the the package block-extroot supports MMC cards, and it does appear to do so, with kmod-mmc enabling block-extroot. You would presumably also need the kmod-mmc-over-gpio module. Assuming that the MMC device tha

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] Add option for block-extroot to mount a sub directory on the external USB device

2010-04-09 Thread RHS Linux User
Hi, Neat... It would be *VERY* nice to be able to do the same thing with one or *TWO* MMC cards since they can be easily kludged onto a few GPIO pins. Maybe your patch already supports this? Wiz On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, Quentin Armitage wrote: > The block-extroot package adds the capabilit

[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] Add option for block-extroot to mount a sub directory on the external USB device

2010-04-09 Thread Quentin Armitage
The block-extroot package adds the capability for preinit to mount /overlay on an external USB device. The attached patch extends the capability to allow /overlay to be mounted on a sub-directory of the external USB device. I can see two uses for this: 1. I want to be able to use the USB devic