usb mass media storage

Dale Maggee antisol at internode.on.net
Fri Sep 5 09:56:14 CEST 2008


Petr Vanek wrote:
> I have spent a while googling this up and have no wiki skills but
> someone might find this useful:
>
> to make FR act as a memory stick, here is what my script does:
>
>
> #!/bin/sh                                                                                                                                                                   
> /etc/init.d/networking stop
> rmmod g_ether
> modprobe g_file_storage file=/dev/mmcblk0p1
>
> --
> Petr Vaněk
> http://biodynamika.cz
>   

very cool, but before I test it out (potentially breaking my usb 
networking in the process), I have a couple of questions:

1. will this persist over a reboot, or will it revert back to being an 
ethernet gadget when I reboot?

2. is the following sufficient to switch it back?

#!/bin/sh
rmmod g_file_storage
modprobe g_ether
ifup usb0

(assuming I replaced '/etc/init.d/networking stop' with 'ifdown usb0' as 
recommended by Daniel)

3. can somebody point me to a resource for the g_file_storage module 
where I can learn more about it? I did a couple of quick googles but 
didn't see anything promising. specifically I'd like to know more about 
the file parameter - I assume that in this scenario our "usb stick" is 
using partition/device information from /dev/mmcblk0p1, and will be 
partitioned in the same way as the SD card? what If I wanted to have my 
home directory accessible in "usb stick" mode?

Thanks,
-Dale






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