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@@ -9,29 +9,36 @@ config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
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every uevent.
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config DEVTMPFS
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- bool "Create a kernel maintained /dev tmpfs (EXPERIMENTAL)"
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+ bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev"
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depends on HOTPLUG && SHMEM && TMPFS
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help
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- This creates a tmpfs filesystem, and mounts it at bootup
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- and mounts it at /dev. The kernel driver core creates device
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- nodes for all registered devices in that filesystem. All device
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- nodes are owned by root and have the default mode of 0600.
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- Userspace can add and delete the nodes as needed. This is
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- intended to simplify bootup, and make it possible to delay
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- the initial coldplug at bootup done by udev in userspace.
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- It should also provide a simpler way for rescue systems
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- to bring up a kernel with dynamic major/minor numbers.
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- Meaningful symlinks, permissions and device ownership must
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- still be handled by userspace.
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- If unsure, say N here.
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+ This creates a tmpfs filesystem instance early at bootup.
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+ In this filesystem, the kernel driver core maintains device
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+ nodes with their default names and permissions for all
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+ registered devices with an assigned major/minor number.
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+ Userspace can modify the filesystem content as needed, add
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+ symlinks, and apply needed permissions.
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+ It provides a fully functional /dev directory, where usually
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+ udev runs on top, managing permissions and adding meaningful
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+ symlinks.
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+ In very limited environments, it may provide a sufficient
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+ functional /dev without any further help. It also allows simple
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+ rescue systems, and reliably handles dynamic major/minor numbers.
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config DEVTMPFS_MOUNT
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- bool "Automount devtmpfs at /dev"
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+ bool "Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs"
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depends on DEVTMPFS
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help
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- This will mount devtmpfs at /dev if the kernel mounts the root
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- filesystem. It will not affect initramfs based mounting.
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- If unsure, say N here.
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+ This will instruct the kernel to automatically mount the
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+ devtmpfs filesystem at /dev, directly after the kernel has
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+ mounted the root filesystem. The behavior can be overridden
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+ with the commandline parameter: devtmpfs.mount=0|1.
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+ This option does not affect initramfs based booting, here
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+ the devtmpfs filesystem always needs to be mounted manually
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+ after the roots is mounted.
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+ With this option enabled, it allows to bring up a system in
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+ rescue mode with init=/bin/sh, even when the /dev directory
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+ on the rootfs is completely empty.
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config STANDALONE
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bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware" if EXPERIMENTAL
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