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| author | Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> | 2007-02-14 13:20:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> | 2007-02-14 13:20:29 +0000 |
| commit | ae30210d909ba52328385b75891754b0c93ec780 (patch) | |
| tree | 3c2eb0a95388b09437f6a0e839ba31bf2ff07ec2 /util-linux | |
| parent | b5368bf437970dfdab7136af527a208f059c5c78 (diff) | |
| download | busybox-ae30210d909ba52328385b75891754b0c93ec780.tar.gz | |
create a document for mdev so people dont have to rtfs
Diffstat (limited to 'util-linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | util-linux/Config.in | 36 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/Config.in b/util-linux/Config.in index 1f144cae5..2184df153 100644 --- a/util-linux/Config.in +++ b/util-linux/Config.in @@ -269,46 +269,30 @@ config MDEV bool "mdev" default n help - mdev is a mini-udev implementation: call it with -s to populate - /dev from /sys, then "echo /sbin/mdev > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug" to - have it handle hotplug events afterwards. Device names are taken - from sysfs. + mdev is a mini-udev implementation for dynamically creating device + nodes in the /dev directory. + + For more information, please see docs/mdev.txt config FEATURE_MDEV_CONF bool "Support /etc/mdev.conf" default n depends on MDEV help - The mdev config file contains lines that look like: - - hd[a-z][0-9]* 0:3 660 - - That's device name (with regex match), uid:gid, and permissions. + Add support for the mdev config file to control ownership and + permissions of the device nodes. - Config file parsing stops on the first matching line. If no config - entry is matched, devices are created with default 0:0 660. (Make - the last line match .* to override this.) + For more information, please see docs/mdev.txt config FEATURE_MDEV_EXEC bool "Support command execution at device addition/removal" default n depends on FEATURE_MDEV_CONF help - This adds support for an optional field to /etc/mdev.conf, consisting - of a special character and a command line to run after creating the - corresponding device(s) and before removing, ala: - - hdc root:cdrom 660 *ln -s $MDEV cdrom - - The $MDEV environment variable is set to the name of the device. - - The special characters and their meanings are: - @ Run after creating the device. - $ Run before removing the device. - * Run both after creating and before removing the device. + This adds support for an optional field to /etc/mdev.conf for + executing commands when devices are created/removed. - Commands are executed via system() so you need /bin/sh, meaning you - probably want to select a default shell in the Shells menu. + For more information, please see docs/mdev.txt config MKSWAP bool "mkswap" |