From 9c754053b07a724bdd98d039f34899d6a49115b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bigbiff bigbiff Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 09:09:08 -0500 Subject: Add libtar to TWRP instead of using busybox tar Add proper mkdosfs tool Add fuse to TWRP Add experimental exfat-fuse to TWRP Convert all system() functions to use new Exec_Cmd function --- fuse/README | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 fuse/README (limited to 'fuse/README') diff --git a/fuse/README b/fuse/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3d1f6f091 --- /dev/null +++ b/fuse/README @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Libfuse for Android + +FUSE[1] is a framework to develop userspace file systems for linux. Since Android is based on linux, it won't be too difficult to port libfuse to Android. + +The main problem of building and running libfuse on Android is that the bionic c library lacks support for pthread_cancel(), which is necessary for libfuse multi-thread code. This stackoverflow entry[2] has suggested a solution, which uses SIGUSR1 as an alternative. It seems to work. + +Libfuse can be build with Android NDK[3]. If success, you will get libfuse.a and an example program fusexmp. To run the example, the android kernel should be built with FUSE kernel support. + +References: +[1]. http://fuse.sourceforge.net +[2]. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4610086/pthread-cancel-alternatives-in-android-ndk +[3]. http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html -- cgit v1.2.3