[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] busybox-mdev: Support automatic mounting of block devices

Burton, Ross ross.burton at intel.com
Wed Dec 17 22:03:53 UTC 2014


Hi Mike,

On 5 December 2014 at 09:58, Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans at topic.nl> wrote:
>
> Upon inserting a USB stick or similar device, mdev will run
> an automounter script that mounts valid partitions on
> /media/<device>. The script first checks /etc/fstab entries
> so that mounting on UUID or LABEL or using custom mount options
> is still possible. If /etc/fstab does not contain particular
> mount options, the script will create (and remove) the mountpoint
> automatically.
> The script also supports full disk partitions (devices without
> partition table).
>

Thanks for this, but can this script be put into a separate recipe to make
it even easier for people who don't want it, or want their own version?
The prior art here is the udev automounting script which is in
udev-extraconf.

Cheers,
Ross
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