From 8f282f1b02b4ca1b634a3f79ca202ae821379286 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Andersen Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 23:51:37 +0000 Subject: Better description of the BB_FEATURE_USE_DEVPS_PATCH option. -Erik --- busybox.def.h | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'busybox.def.h') diff --git a/busybox.def.h b/busybox.def.h index ee583694e..4871d8a72 100644 --- a/busybox.def.h +++ b/busybox.def.h @@ -114,12 +114,18 @@ // pretty/useful). // // -// Turn this on to use Erik's very cool devps, devmtab, -// etc kernel drivers, thereby eliminating the need for -// the /proc filesystem and thereby saving lots and lots -// memory for more important things. -// You can't use this and USE_PROCFS at the same time... -// (BTW, I emailed Linus and this patch will not be going into the stock kernel) +// +// Turn this on to use Erik's very cool devps, devmtab, etc kernel drivers, +// thereby eliminating the need for the /proc filesystem and thereby saving +// lots and lots memory for more important things. You can not use this and +// USE_PROCFS at the same time... NOTE: If you enable this feature, you +// _must_ have patched the kernel to include the devps patch that is included +// in the busybox/kernel-patches directory. You will also need to create some +// device special files /dev on your embedded system: +// mknod /dev/modules c 10 23 +// mknod /dev/mtab c 10 22 +// mknod /dev/ps c 10 21 +// I emailed Linus and this patch will not be going into the stock kernel. //#define BB_FEATURE_USE_DEVPS_PATCH // // enable features that use the /proc filesystem (apps that -- cgit v1.2.3