linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

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Message-ID: <51E57BC1.4090904@nod.at>
Date:	Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:58:41 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

Am 16.07.2013 18:52, schrieb Ramkumar Ramachandra:
> Avoid creating lots of bogus devices nodes like /dev/tty* (since
> User-Mode Linux does not have virtual consoles.
> 
> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>
> ---

NAK.

If you don't want devtmpfs, just disable it in your config.

Thanks,
//richard
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