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author | Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> | 2010-09-04 22:33:14 -0700 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2010-10-22 10:16:43 -0700 |
commit | 39aba963d937edb20db7d9d93e6dda5d2adfdcdd (patch) | |
tree | 7aa1898634ed6f6ece3e48f4b5464fcbcb4f49a5 /init | |
parent | 807508c8ff9af6ce8f25c5ca5f3eb06a8e7d3286 (diff) | |
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driver core: remove CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 but keep it for block devices
This patch removes the old CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 config option,
but it keeps the logic around to handle block devices in the old manner
as some people like to run new kernel versions on old (pre 2007/2008)
distros.
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@suse.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'init')
-rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 46 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 2de5b1c..137609f 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -656,40 +656,24 @@ config MM_OWNER bool config SYSFS_DEPRECATED - bool - -config SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 bool "enable deprecated sysfs features to support old userspace tools" depends on SYSFS default n - select SYSFS_DEPRECATED - help - This option switches the layout of sysfs to the deprecated - version. Do not use it on recent distributions. - - The current sysfs layout features a unified device tree at - /sys/devices/, which is able to express a hierarchy between - class devices. If the deprecated option is set to Y, the - unified device tree is split into a bus device tree at - /sys/devices/ and several individual class device trees at - /sys/class/. The class and bus devices will be connected by - "<subsystem>:<name>" and the "device" links. The "block" - class devices, will not show up in /sys/class/block/. Some - subsystems will suppress the creation of some devices which - depend on the unified device tree. - - This option is not a pure compatibility option that can - be safely enabled on newer distributions. It will change the - layout of sysfs to the non-extensible deprecated version, - and disable some features, which can not be exported without - confusing older userspace tools. Since 2007/2008 all major - distributions do not enable this option, and ship no tools which - depend on the deprecated layout or this option. - - If you are using a new kernel on an older distribution, or use - older userspace tools, you might need to say Y here. Do not say Y, - if the original kernel, that came with your distribution, has - this option set to N. + help + This option switches the layout of the "block" class devices, to not + show up in /sys/class/block/, but only in /sys/block/. + + This option allows new kernels to run on old distributions and tools, + which might get confused by /sys/class/block/. Since 2007/2008 all + major distributions and tools handle this just fine. + + Recent distributions and userspace tools after 2009/2010 depend on + the existence of /sys/class/block/, and will not work with this + option enabled. + + Only if you are using a new kernel on an old distribution, you might + need to say Y here. Never say Y, if the original kernel, that came + with your distribution, has not set this option. config RELAY bool "Kernel->user space relay support (formerly relayfs)" |