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

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Message-ID: <CALkWK0kN8Lprp5RoBSjBngJG08LwbVy-oaWaHfzLHZc_OMueyA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:01:50 +0530
From:	Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
>> No, systemd does not have a hard dependency on devtmpfs.
>
> Wait, let me double-check that.

Sorry about the stupidity; devtmpfs is very much a hard dependency.  I
just realized that CONFIG_VT is on, and can't be turned off (!).  See
drivers/tty/Kconfig:

  config VT
  	  bool "Virtual terminal" if EXPERT
	  depends on !S390 && !UML

Wait, shouldn't it be always off then?

*scratches head*
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