[Freemint-list] Gemma

[Vincent Rivière]

On 30/04/2017 à 15:47, Miro Kropáček wrote:
> I think it's for its UI counterpart. So the right question is whether we
> want / need this UI tool and if so, why it should be done with Gemma. :)
> I guess it was just an experiment / proof of concept.

IMHO it would be much more efficient to add Linux block device interface in 
FreeMiNT and use standard mkfatfs.

> Strangely, the kernel32.slb really seems to be binary-only

So the situation is:
- 680x0 systems can use old kernel32.slb
- ColdFire systems will never have kernel32.slb, as sources are not available

Furthermore:
- 680x0 systems can use old mkfatfs
- ColdFire systems will never be able to run mkfatfs, as it needs 
kernel32.slb which is not available on ColdFire.

And finally:
- Adding Gemma to cross-tools allows to rebuild mkfatfs
- Rebuilding mkfatfs for 680x0 is useless as it is already available
- (Building then) running ColdFire mkfatfs is impossible as kernel32.slb is 
unavailable for ColdFire

Conclusion:
Adding Gemma to cross-tools useless.
QED

PS: Of course if the sources of kernel32.slb suddenly resurface, the 
situation will be completely different.

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Vincent Rivière