Re: Diamond Rio 500 and other device nodes

[Diyab <diyab@diyab.net>]

Russell Coker wrote:

> What do you think is the correct type for the device node for the "Diamond Rio 
> 500" (/dev/usb/rio500)?
> 
> It's a portable MP3 player and storage device with a USB interface, so I think 
> that removable_device_t is appropriate, in concept it's similar to a floppy 
> disk drive.
> 
> Also I've used scanner_device_t for USB digital cameras, I think of a camera 
> as a portable scanner.  ;)  But I guess a case could be made for considering 
> digital cameras to be removable storage.
> 
> 
> I have been considering whether I should merge the v4l_device_t device nodes 
> with those for scanners.  However I think that although the concept is the 
> same the likely use is different.  Having one program to use v4l to control a 
> security system while another program acts as a scanner server is likely, 
> while it's likely that a program which is authorised for accessing a scanner 
> will also be authorised for digital cameras.
> 

Just curious, but how will the files on the device be labeled once the 
device is mounted?  For example if I plug in my digital camera and mount 
it so that I can copy the pictures from it am I going to have access to 
read the files?  Will I even be able to mount it as a normal user?  Is 
this going to be a problem since we can't label the device filesystem?

Timothy,

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