[Buildroot] [PATCH v3] Add a defconfig for MIPS Creator CI20

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Mon Dec 1 10:19:22 UTC 2014


>>>>> "Vicente" == Vicente Olivert Riera <Vincent.Riera at imgtec.com> writes:

Hi,

>> I do have one question though:
 >> 
 >>> +# system
 >> > +BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION=y
 >> > +BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.0.8"
 >> > +BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_3_0=y
 >> > +BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_MDEV=y
 >> 
 >> Is mdev in any way required? We normally only enable the basic stuff
 >> needed to get a booting system in the defconfigs.

 > I have added mdev to the defconfig in order to get it working out of the
 > box, because the kernel defconfig we are using doesn't have
 > DEVTMPFS_MOUNT support, so if you rely on the default /dev management
 > option (Dynamic using devtmpfs only) it will not work.

But when you build a kernel with Buildroot it will automatically enable
DEVTMPFS_MOUNT when needed (E.G. when the system isn't configured for a
static /dev), so that shouldn't be an issue?

-- 
Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard 



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