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Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/Kconfig | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/sysfs/Kconfig | 23 |
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index f746fd6cb728..e9103b9862b4 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -141,30 +141,7 @@ endif # BLOCK menu "Pseudo filesystems" source "fs/proc/Kconfig" - -config SYSFS - bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED - default y - help - The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to - export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their - relationships to one another. - - Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running - kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and - which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices - and other kernel subsystems. - - Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate. - /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in - delegating policy decisions, like persistently naming devices. - - sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root - partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on - the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For - example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1. - - Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space. +source "fs/sysfs/Kconfig" config TMPFS bool "Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)" diff --git a/fs/sysfs/Kconfig b/fs/sysfs/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f4b67588b9d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/fs/sysfs/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +config SYSFS + bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED + default y + help + The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to + export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their + relationships to one another. + + Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running + kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and + which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices + and other kernel subsystems. + + Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate. + /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in + delegating policy decisions, like persistently naming devices. + + sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root + partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on + the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For + example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1. + + Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space. |