From da5e4ef7fdb8f2fb0878dee3bd9d4dd10cea8cf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Korsgaard Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:55:21 +0100 Subject: devtmpfs: support !CONFIG_TMPFS Make devtmpfs available on (embedded) configurations without SHMEM/TMPFS, using ramfs instead. Saves ~15KB. Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard Acked-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/base/Kconfig | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/base/Kconfig') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3