HAL methods at storage device level, to mount/unmount/eject volumes

[Kevin Ottens]

Le Jeudi 8 Décembre 2005 20:20, Danny Kukawka a écrit :
> I discussed this already with Kay and we agree to extend the mount with
> fstype to: Mount(string:directory, string:fstype, string:options).
>
> We need this at least to be able to mount with subfs, captive or fuse (e.g.
> ntfsmount) so we work on a new version.

Hmm, I don't see why it's useful in such a case. That looks like exposing an 
implementation detail on how the mount is actually done IMHO.
On the desktop level, you just want to mount the volume, you don't really care 
if it's done using subfs, captive or fuse, that's up to the script to 
determine which method to use I think.

Btw, I prefer David justification for passing the fstype (msdos vs vfat) even 
if I doubt such users still exist. ;-)
subfs and friends look like a wrong justification to me.

Regards.
-- 
Kévin 'ervin' Ottens, http://ervin.ipsquad.net
"Ni le maître sans disciple, Ni le disciple sans maître,
Ne font reculer l'ignorance."
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