[maemo-developers] Considering /opt and MyDocs in your packages

[From: Henrik Hedberg]

Marius Vollmer wrote:

> It will be hardcoded, but I think it is still negotiable.  The partition
> itself is actually 2 GB, but it is also used for the Meta Tracker
> database and other things.
> 
> What about making it 4 GB?  Would that feel big enough?

    2 GB, 4 GB... I think there is always an issue when it is hard coded.

    Why is the ancient VFAT and fixed partitioning still used? Would it 
be possible to partition eMMC into one big ext3 partition and just use 
some kind of loopdevice or similar when exposing a part of it as an USB 
storage in VFAT format? That way also the annoying "not mounted right 
now" issue would be fixed, since an USB host and the device could use 
the same files at the same time. I do not see technical limits, but 
maybe someone should just code a relevant kernel module (the virtual 
VFAT loopdevice ;) if that does not exist.

    BR,

    Henrik

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