Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 14:59:58 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Vold (was: What to do with this thing ?! (fwd)) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980530145853.23754B-100000@elect8>
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> The "correct" solution would be to mount the media locally, however:
> - we don't have a "vold" (or comparable)
We actually have. It's called Remedae. And yes it is beta. And yes I
would appreciate a lot of feedback whether it works and why not.
It handles all kinds of removable devices and can do automounting for
SCSI devices. As in, you insert your Yaz disk and after a second it
mounts the device. The automounting requires patching of the kernel (the
kernel is a bit noisy if you try to mount a device and the medium is not
present) and libc_r to be present (I used threads to separate the
automounting from the forced mounting). The approach is very simple:
daemon and a small program to chat to the daemon through a socket.
One nice feature: you can easily tell it to bugger off and mind its own
business and NOT automount a specific device for a moment, without
zapping the rmd: rmunmanage/rmmanage
Can't remember the exact location, but a pointer can be found on
http://www.etla.net/~n_hibma/
Nick
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