[Buildroot] [RFC 0/6] mdev-only /dev management (without devtmpfs)

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 08-09-15 23:28, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> There is one rough edge that I'd like to have comments about: variable
> naming. The new method implemented by this patchset is dynamic and uses
> mdev, so it should ba named BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_MDEV and
> described in kconfig as "dynamic using mdev". But hey, that name and
> description are already used for the current "devtmpfs + mdev" method! So
> we might want to rename all variables to encompass the new use case in a
> clean way. Thid would also imply lagacy management etc.

 Since we don't like legacy management :-) I'd propose to say that DYNAMIC
actually means DEVTMPFS. So the new option would be called
BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_MDEV: it's not devtmpfs, and there's no need for the
explicit 'only' part.

 What do you think?

 Regards,
 Arnout


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