Device table support for makedevs, the previous behaviour can been

selected at configure time.

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/Config.in b/miscutils/Config.in
index 7e18c16a0..320f4c2b4 100644
--- a/miscutils/Config.in
+++ b/miscutils/Config.in
@@ -143,10 +143,32 @@ config CONFIG_MAKEDEVS
 	bool "makedevs"
 	default n
 	help
-	  'makedevs' is a utility used and created by the Linux Router Project.
-	  It creates a large number of device special files (/dev devices)
-	  rather quickly, and can be considerably faster then running mknod a
-	  zillion times.
+	  'makedevs' is a utility used to create a batch of devices with
+	  one command.
+	  .
+	  There are two choices for command line behaviour, the interface
+	  as used by LEAF/Linux Router Project, or a device table file.
+	  . 
+	  'leaf' is traditionally what busybox follows, it allows multiple
+	  devices of a particluar type to be created per command.
+	  e.g. /dev/hda[0-9]
+          Device properties are passed as command line arguments.
+	  .
+	  'table' reads device properties from a file or stdin, allowing
+	  a batch of unrelated devices to be makde with one command. 
+          User/group names are allowed as an alternative to uid/gid.
+
+choice
+	prompt "Choose makedevs behaviour"
+	default CONFIG_FEATURE_MAKDEVS_TABLE
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_LEAF
+        bool "leaf"
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE
+	bool "table"
+
+endchoice
 
 config CONFIG_MT
 	bool "mt"