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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/Kconfig | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig index fd52c48ee762..ef38aff737eb 100644 --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH config DEVTMPFS bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev" - depends on HOTPLUG && SHMEM && TMPFS + depends on HOTPLUG help - This creates a tmpfs filesystem instance early at bootup. + This creates a tmpfs/ramfs filesystem instance early at bootup. In this filesystem, the kernel driver core maintains device nodes with their default names and permissions for all registered devices with an assigned major/minor number. @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ config DEVTMPFS functional /dev without any further help. It also allows simple rescue systems, and reliably handles dynamic major/minor numbers. + Notice: if CONFIG_TMPFS isn't enabled, the simpler ramfs + file system will be used instead. + config DEVTMPFS_MOUNT bool "Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs" depends on DEVTMPFS |