The partition can't be mounted on the device when the PC is using it so it always required a separate partition. Depending on what you want to do, perhaps the internal SD card could be exposed this way at least.
Pat On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Oliver Grawert <o...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > hi, > On Do, 2016-08-04 at 17:32 +0200, Michael Zanetti wrote: > > > > On 04.08.2016 16:59, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 12:11:27PM +0200, Michael Zanetti wrote: > > > > > > > > anyone here has an idea what would be required to enable mass > > > > storage > > > > over USB instead of MTP? > > > > > > For what device/kernel/android stack? The general problem AIUI is > > > that > > > newer versions of Android have moved away from supporting USB mass > > > storage > > > by choice; I don't know what's required for re-enabling it. > > > > > > > Hmm, the device I'm using right now is a Pro 5. Odd that this is so > > far > > down in the kernel... > > > not at all ... the behaviour of the usb port is controlled by the > android gadget driver which sets adb,mtp,pptp,usb,rndis and so on ... > > check the init.rc scripts in the android container what the specific > options are on your pro5 > ... > > though iirc there were filesystem related issues too, not only gadget > ones, when we reviewed that option. > > the usb-storage setup behaves like a raw blockdevice, you need to > actually export a filesystem that the target machines know ... given > the majority will likely be windows or macOS that boils dont to "you > can only export vfat" > but at the same time you cant use vfat for the homedir ... android > hacks around that through some fake sdcard devices they create to > export a vfat iirc ... maintaining such hackery will be a massive pain > i guess. > > ciao > oli > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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