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diff --git a/fs/sysfs/Kconfig b/fs/sysfs/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b27560145 --- /dev/null +++ b/fs/sysfs/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +config SYSFS + bool "sysfs file system support" if EXPERT + default y + select KERNFS + help + The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to + export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their + relationships to one another. + + Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running + kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and + which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices + and other kernel subsystems. + + Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate. + /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in + delegating policy decisions, like persistently naming devices. + + sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root + partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on + the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For + example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1. + + Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space. |