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structure:

main backend:

• load modules
• load config
• probe changes (merge? detect changes? keep in mind changed unsaved config?)
• save config
• inotify on devices used? or patterns? or just reload button?
• free

modular system: basic:

• fstab
• disks (pata, sata, raidcard, virtual(xen,vmware,kvm,...)?) (maybe different modules for each?)
• mbr
• gpt
• extfs
• btrfs
• mount

extended:

• windows
• mdadm
• dmraid
• lvm
• nfs
• smbfs
• iscsi
• xfs
• ...

abstract base Classes:

• IOType
• PartType

IOType:

• id
• label

IOTypes:

• ro:reflist of IOType
• restrictions(?)
• append
• remove

PartType:

• in: IOTypes
• out: IOTypes
• in-restrictions
• out-restrictions
• properties: hash
• actions: hash

keep in mind:

• broken/missing/slow devices
• disks can have NO partition table and be perfectly ok, it's fine to have a partition table in a partition, or a disk with a direct filesystem! or disk with luks and then partition table...