For those that don't know what supermount is, here is the beginning to the
readme file for supermount version 0.4a:
Supermount is a pseudo-filesystem which manages filesystems on
removable media like floppy disks and CD-ROMs. It aims to make
management of removable media as easy as it is under DOS.
With supermount, you can change the disk in the drive whenever you
want (with the obvious exception that you shouldn't do it when the
filesystem is actively in use). You don't need to "cd" out of the
directory first, and you don't need to tell the kernel what you're
doing --- supermount will detect the media change automatically.
Supermount is a pseudo-filesystem which manages filesystems on
removable media like floppy disks and CD-ROMs. It aims to make
management of removable media as easy as it is under DOS.
The kernel patches for supermount version 0.4a where written for Linux
kernel versions 1.2.13 and 1.3.30. Since 1.3.30 there has been alot of
development to add VFAT support to the kernel. This has resulted in
several of the files/functions that supermount patches having been being
reworked.
So has anyone figured out how to correctly apply the patch to newer
developmental kernels? Is there any know problems caused by the patch for
the kernels they where intented to work with? Is there any reason that
this or a similar filesystem could be offically added to the kernel?
Thanks,
Ben Galliart (bgallia@luc.edu)