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Diffstat (limited to 'miscutils/Config.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | miscutils/Config.in | 30 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/miscutils/Config.in b/miscutils/Config.in index afa70a597..3b2f76c79 100644 --- a/miscutils/Config.in +++ b/miscutils/Config.in @@ -158,10 +158,32 @@ 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" |