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Old 08-07-2017, 07:14 AM   #1
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Can I mount a USB drive on a KT3?
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Old 08-07-2017, 08:08 AM   #2
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Can I mount a USB drive on a KT3?
Not without adding the drivers to the system.
The only host modules the system provides is for the audio dongle. *
The user has to add anything else.

(*) And maybe not even that, since the KT3 supports Bluetooth connected external speakers.
The KT3 is the only Kindle with Bluetooth enabled.
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Not without adding the drivers to the system.
The only host modules the system provides is for the audio dongle. *
The user has to add anything else.

(*) And maybe not even that, since the KT3 supports Bluetooth connected external speakers.
The KT3 is the only Kindle with Bluetooth enabled.
How to add the drivers to the system?
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How to add the drivers to the system?
They may have to be written first.
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Old 08-07-2017, 09:28 AM   #5
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How to add the drivers to the system?
The Kindle uses a Linux kernel, so the same way that any kernel modules are added to the system.
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They may have to be written first.
Except in this case for USB storage, they have been written and included with the kernel source since version 2.2.18 released December 11, 2000.

The compiled modules are just not included in the Amazon/Lab126 kernel build.
Someone wants them, they get to build them their self from the Amazon/Lab126 source.
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The Kindle uses a Linux kernel, so the same way that any kernel modules are added to the system.

Except in this case for USB storage, they have been written and included with the kernel source since version 2.2.18 released December 11, 2000.

The compiled modules are just not included in the Amazon/Lab126 kernel build.
Someone wants them, they get to build them their self from the Amazon/Lab126 source.
Does the KT3 even support USB OTG? If not then the hardware can't support it to begin with.
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Does the KT3 even support USB OTG? If not then the hardware can't support it to begin with.
All 7th and 8th generation devices do.
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I have done a proof of concept on my PW3, and shown that I can in fact mount a USB driver.

My warning is that it is not terribly useful. the Kindle Indexer only finds books in the Documents folder, and it is not quick.

And if you set up the usb mounting scripts to make links out there, then they are all gone if you unplug the USB drive, and that puts things into a situation that I did not think was worth investigating.
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The Kindle uses a Linux kernel, so the same way that any kernel modules are added to the system.

Except in this case for USB storage, they have been written and included with the kernel source since version 2.2.18 released December 11, 2000.

The compiled modules are just not included in the Amazon/Lab126 kernel build.
Someone wants them, they get to build them their self from the Amazon/Lab126 source.
How to build it?
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How to build it?
There are a thousands of places on the Internet where you can learn how to build the modules that ship with the Linux kernel.

This site only provides after market add-ins for the Amazon Kindle reader.
We do not give lessons in basic computer science.
Not part of our purpose.
Others do a better job than we could.

If you need to make full use of web search tools, learn to get around the Great Firewall of China from your friends.

If you are not already a member, join this site:
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They can help you with these things in your own language.
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There are a thousands of places on the Internet where you can learn how to build the modules that ship with the Linux kernel.

This site only provides after market add-ins for the Amazon Kindle reader.
We do not give lessons in basic computer science.
Not part of our purpose.
Others do a better job than we could.

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How do I get Amazon/Lab126 source?
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How do I get Amazon/Lab126 source?
By searching this site?

You really should take your beginner's questions to a site in your own language.
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You really should take your beginner's questions to a site in your own language.
I am using GNU / Linux, but that file can not be downloaded normally in China.
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