linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pstore: Create a convenient mount point for pstore

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Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:35:07 +0100
From:	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>
Cc:	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, kay@...hat.com,
	lpoetter@...hat.com, mjg59@...f.ucam.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pstore: Create a convenient mount point for pstore

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:15 AM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com> wrote:
> Using /dev/pstore as a mount point for the pstore filesystem is slightly
> awkward.  We don't normally mount filesystems in /dev/ and the /dev/pstore
> file isn't created automatically by anything.  While this method will
> still work, we can create a persistent mount point in sysfs.  This will
> put pstore on par with things like cgroups and efivarfs.

Mounted by default now, if available:
  http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=c06bf414042cd1bf94e0af63e9e2a0c291bfc546

Thanks everybody,
Kay
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