Supermount?

Supermount?

[David Findlay]

Is there a reason why the supermount patch hasn't been integrated into the 
kernel? It seemed to me to provide some useful features, like automatically 
mounting and unmounting CD's when you insert and eject them. Is there a need 
for someone to write a newer version of this? Thanks,

David

P.S. Please CC me your reply, as I am not on the list.

Re: supermount ?

[Alan Cox]

> Supermount sounds to me like a very important part of linux, at least for us 
> who like our cds/dvds/etc. to work as easily as in fx. windows. For linux to 
> be popular among "normal" users, it should be present at every system with 
> local removable drives. So, my question is; why isn't supermount a standard 
> part of the kernel, or at least a module ?

Because it wants rewriting as a clean file system using the 2.4 dcache and
layering itself above the real fs. In theory the infrastructure for this is
all there. 

Alan

Re: supermount ?

[Erik Gustavsson]

I don't know if this applies to 2.4.2, but there is a patch for 2.4.0:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/8144/supermount.html

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supermount ?

[Gerry]

I recently upgraded my kernel to version 2.4.2, with no problems at all, 
except one: supermount. I guess you already know that supermount haven't been 
upgraded to support 2.4.2 or even 2.4 yet, and i guess there's nothing to do 
about that but wait. But that's not why i'm writing this.

Supermount sounds to me like a very important part of linux, at least for us 
who like our cds/dvds/etc. to work as easily as in fx. windows. For linux to 
be popular among "normal" users, it should be present at every system with 
local removable drives. So, my question is; why isn't supermount a standard 
part of the kernel, or at least a module ?

Right now i have to use autofs to manage automounting, but there's several 
problems with that (as it's aimed at use with network devices): Fx, it locks 
my dvd/cdrw-drives every time they get mounted, so that eject isn't possible 
until it gets unmounted. Floppy disks aren't updated until they're remounted. 
Setting low timeouts doesn't help at this, since it doesn't seem to work that 
well with local devices for some reason..

So, supermount is required even if autofs is included in the kernel, from my 
point of view anyway. I'm sure there's many people out there like me :)

Any chance supermount will be a standard kernel module in the future ?

Gerry