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| author | Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> | 2005-12-15 14:29:43 -0800 |
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| committer | Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> | 2006-01-03 11:45:28 -0800 |
| commit | 7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa (patch) | |
| tree | 7bfe4eeab8ce784b767cf30886623d456c384718 /fs/Kconfig | |
| parent | 88026842b0a760145aa71d69e74fbc9ec118ca44 (diff) | |
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[PATCH] configfs: User-driven configuration filesystem
Configfs, a file system for userspace-driven kernel object configuration.
The OCFS2 stack makes extensive use of this for propagation of cluster
configuration information into kernel.
Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
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diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index d5255e627b5f..ba1dbe2b2202 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -841,6 +841,20 @@ config RELAYFS_FS If unsure, say N. +config CONFIGFS_FS + tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + help + configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse + of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based + view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager + of kernel objects, or config_items. + + Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the + same system. One is not a replacement for the other. + + If unsure, say N. + endmenu menu "Miscellaneous filesystems" |