linux-kernel - [PATCH] documentation: make it clear that sysfs is optional

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Message-Id: <20090727090642.0e495919.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:06:42 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lgrijincu@...acom.com>
Subject: [PATCH] documentation: make it clear that sysfs is optional

From:	Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lgrijincu@...acom.com>
Subject: [PATCH] documentation: make it clear that sysfs is optional

The original text suggested that sysfs is mandatory and always
compiled in the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lgrijincu@...acom.com>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-next-20090727.orig/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
+++ linux-next-20090727/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ interface. 
 Using sysfs
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-sysfs is always compiled in. You can access it by doing:
+sysfs is always compiled in if CONFIG_SYSFS is defined. You can access
+it by doing:
 
     mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys 
 


---
~Randy
LPC 2009, Sept. 23-25, Portland, Oregon
http://linuxplumbersconf.org/2009/
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