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List:       kde-frameworks-devel
Subject:    Add loop device interface to Solid framework
From:       Kwon-Young Choi <kwon-young.choi () hotmail ! fr>
Date:       2020-06-07 18:10:11
Message-ID: DB8P192MB05523042B229122EB97E5EBDC3840 () DB8P192MB0552 ! EURP192 ! PROD ! OUTLOOK ! COM
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Hello,

I have recently made a plugin for dolphin to mount and unmount iso
files: https://invent.kde.org/sdk/dolphin-plugins/-/merge_requests/1

This plugin uses DBus calls to directly communicate with UDisks2 to
attach and detach a loop device backed by an iso file.
While writing the plugin, I used to Solid framework to do some hardware
query and realized that there was no concept of loop device in Solid.
I would like to know if there is interest to add a loop device interface
to Solid and the ability to attach and detach such device?

I'm starting to understand the architecture of Solid and I think I would
be able to add:

* an abstract Loop DeviceInterface
* a backend Loop DeviceInterface backed by UDisks2
* a frontend Loop DeviceInterface
* the ability for the DeviceManager to create a Loop DeviceInterface
(I'm not sure this is possible...)

However, I am not sure if this fit in the score of the Solid framework.

Thank you for your advice!

Kwon-Young Choi
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