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| -rw-r--r-- | driver-core/sysfs-allow-boot-time-switching-between-deprecated-and-modern-sysfs-layout.patch | 5 |
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 |