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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: multivolume for harddisk models, too?Re: multivolume for harddisk models, too?
From: Björn Stenberg <bjorn_at_haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:30:45 +0100 [IDC]Dragon wrote: > We could enable this feature across all models, at a cost of growing Rockbox > by ~900 bytes. Perhaps half of this is the fat driver layer, the rest for > file system, UI, etc. Each partition mount we prepare for costs ~100 bytes, > the Ondio currently supports 2 of them. > > Would this be of any use, are people partitioning their disks and want to > browse across? To how many partitions should we limit ourselves? (Don't dare > to ask for a config option.) I think we should enable this for all models, with max 4 partitions. > A very special application would be a home HD player from a scrapped Archos, > with 2 disk drives, or a Compact Flash slot. This would require a little > addition to the ATA driver, treating the drive# parameter for a master/slave > decision. Right now only the MMC driver supports 2 drives. When/if someone makes such a special application he/she will adjust the ata driver for it aswell. And then we can commit that. -- Björn _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockboxReceived on 2005-01-05 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |