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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/Kconfig | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/devtmpfs.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 10 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 diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c index 057cf11326bf..af0600143d1c 100644 --- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c +++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ #include <linux/namei.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/shmem_fs.h> +#include <linux/ramfs.h> #include <linux/cred.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/init_task.h> @@ -45,7 +46,11 @@ __setup("devtmpfs.mount=", mount_param); static int dev_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt) { +#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS return get_sb_single(fs_type, flags, data, shmem_fill_super, mnt); +#else + return get_sb_single(fs_type, flags, data, ramfs_fill_super, mnt); +#endif } static struct file_system_type dev_fs_type = { |