[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] Create menu entry to select device creation method
Yann E. MORIN
yann.morin.1998 at anciens.enib.fr
Sun Apr 3 18:07:37 UTC 2011
Thomas, All,
On Sunday 03 April 2011 20:05:00 Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> So, unless I am totally mistaken, if one chooses devtmpfs with
> BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_DEVTMPFS, then devtmpfs is not forced
> in the kernel's .config.
>
> So even if the user asks for a static /dev, he nonetheless gets a devtmpfs.
> So what's the point of having both options in BR?
>
> The only difference is that, when _STATIC is selected, the user is offered
> a choice to specify a device_table, and not when _DEVTMPFS is selected.
>
> What I really find confusing is the config prompts do not actually match
> the behavior. If I select 'static', I expect to get static, not dynamic
> (even if only the kernel is involved).
And forget the above, I forgot to delete it when I saw the 'ifneq' stuff.
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.
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