From ae30210d909ba52328385b75891754b0c93ec780 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Frysinger Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:20:29 +0000 Subject: create a document for mdev so people dont have to rtfs --- util-linux/Config.in | 36 ++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) (limited to 'util-linux') 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" -- cgit v1.2.3