iRiver ifp filesystem driver

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ifp-driver/iriverfs-r0.1.0.0pre6.patch.gz?download

Hello,

This is a filesystem interface for iRiver "IFP" (flash-based) mp3 players that aren't USB mass storage devices. It's been [successfully] tested by ten volunteers on eleven systems using a variety of different kernel configurations. (Specifically, both with and without SMP, PREEMPT.) The distribution of devices and computers used in testing follows:

device models:

        1x IFP-1xx
        3x IFP-3xx
        1x IFP-5xx
        1x IFP-7xx
        4x IFP-8xx

arch:
5x single IA32
1x single IA32 - (HT)
3x single AMD32
1x dual AMD32
1x single AMD64

No testing was done on big-endian or other non-x86 system. There was no placebo control. Reported side-effects included memory loss, fatigue, auditory disturbances, hangover, chest pain and dizziness. This driver may not be right for everyone; check with your system administrator for details.

As this is my first kernel hack, I'd appreciate any and all feedback/suggestions/flames. Please CC me on replies.

Cheers and thanks in advance,

Geoff

Ps. the patch is against 2.6.8.1, but it's reported to work on 2.6.3.

In other words, it was supposed to work with 2.6.9-pre3. It doesn't. My bad. This does:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ifp-driver/iriverfs-r0.1.0.0pre7.patch.gz?download

(Thanks to lip for pointing this out.)

Geoff

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