[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/4] New top-level directory: system

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Tue Sep 4 20:53:05 UTC 2012


Thomas, All,

On Tuesday 04 September 2012 16:04:07 Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> This directory groups the following elements:
>  * the default root filesystem skeleton
>  * the default device tables
>  * the Config.in options for system configuration (UART port for
>    getty, system hostname, etc.)
>  * the make rules to apply the system configuration options
> 
> Even though the skeleton and device tables could have lived in fs/, it
> would have been strange to have the UART, system hostname and other
> related options into fs/. A new system/ directory makes more sense.

Agreed. The fs/ sub-dir is now only for all the different rootfs methods.
I'm not too fond of the 'system' name, but I can see anything else that
would be fit.

> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>

As this is a mostly-mechanical rename:
Acked-by: me

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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