On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 04:59:04PM -0700, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:21:37 -0800, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I would like to see the kernel manage connecting to the device, > > > exporting the device file hierarchy as a mountable file system, then use > > > a nice sanitized API through which user space can poll and talk to mtp > > > devices asynchronously. > > > > You can do this today with fuse in userspace, right? Why not do that > > instead, it makes more sense than putting a new filesystem in the > > kernel. > > How does that make "more sense"? FUSE is only there to divorce us > from "Intellectal Property" issues. If MTP is not encumbered, there's > no reason to push it out to the cold. None that I can see anyway, > maybe you know of some? I wasn't thinking of any IP issues, just the fact that a simple fuse userspace program, using libusb, could mediate all userspace requests for access to MTP "files" easier than a in-kernel driver. For some reason, I thought this is how GNOME handled these kinds of devices already. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
