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

[Mike Looijmans]

On 12/17/2014 11:08 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2014-12-17 15:03, Burton, Ross wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> On 5 December 2014 at 09:58, Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans at topic.nl
>> <mailto: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.
>
> Also it would be nice if the path matched the most recent
> use in udev which is /run/media/<device>

Of course, these locations need to move around every few years, otherwise 
people would be expecting things to remain in place...

I'd rather keep using the /media symlink, as it gives distributions a chance 
to move things around.

On the satellite settop boxes, /media is a 64k tmpfs mount. This is because 
when a mount fails, the box may end up writing a TV recording to wherever 
/media happens to be. It that's flash or a big tmpfs, the box will commit 
suicide in mere seconds by either filling the flash or eating up the precious 
RAM. And for some things, the box really needs a big tmpfs, so just reducing 
the volatiles' sizes wasn't an option.

Having said that, if this is blocking, I'll do a s./media./run/media.g on the 
file, getting this mainlined has higher priority.

M.


Met vriendelijke groet / kind regards,

Mike Looijmans
System Expert


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