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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2010-09-21 13:26:46 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2010-09-21 13:26:46 -0700
commitf06deefc577347d31454e1a8d6a5f1fa04cf547a (patch)
tree44a436b0ec7ccccc8d707063ba5d332d545860a6
parent133380b0fcf3a1e95f015784fc4a51bb7a5ddba6 (diff)
downloadpatches-f06deefc577347d31454e1a8d6a5f1fa04cf547a.tar.gz
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-rw-r--r--driver-core/sysfs-allow-boot-time-switching-between-deprecated-and-modern-sysfs-layout.patch5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/driver-core/sysfs-allow-boot-time-switching-between-deprecated-and-modern-sysfs-layout.patch b/driver-core/sysfs-allow-boot-time-switching-between-deprecated-and-modern-sysfs-layout.patch
index dd71b73eb18ab4..bfc8f59238c52d 100644
--- a/driver-core/sysfs-allow-boot-time-switching-between-deprecated-and-modern-sysfs-layout.patch
+++ b/driver-core/sysfs-allow-boot-time-switching-between-deprecated-and-modern-sysfs-layout.patch
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ Message-Id: <1283957657-17740-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org>
From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
-I have some systems which need legacy sysfs due to old udev versions,
-and it's a big hazzle to compile separate kernels for them.
+I have some systems which need legacy sysfs due to old tools that are
+making assumptions that a directory can never be a symlink to another
+directory, and it's a big hazzle to compile separate kernels for them.
This patch turns CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED into a run time option
that can be switched on/off the kernel command line. This way