linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based /dev

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Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:20:23 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>, gregkh@...e.de,
	Harald Hoyer <harald@...hat.com>,
	Scott James Remnant <scott@...ntu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based 
	/dev

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 17:54, Pavel Machek<pavel@....cz> wrote:

>> > > +#if defined CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT
>> > > +static int dev_mount = 1;
>> > > +#else
>> > > +static int dev_mount;
>> > > +#endif
>> >
>> >
>> > A bit too many config options?
>>
>> It's only 1 option, is that 1 too many for you?
>
> It is two, and this option duplicates  commandline
> option. Maybe its better to use config_cmdline at that point?

Sure, if you want to do that, I wouldn't mind to drop the
CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT, if we mount it by default, and have the command
line to overwrite the setting.

Kay
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