Re: [PATCH v2] rootfs.py: introduce USE_DEVFS check

[Andreas Oberritter <obi@opendreambox.org>]

Hello Matthieu,

On 02.04.2014 18:01, Matthieu Crapet wrote:
> Since commit a83144bac8d67704ff66f5dc0fc56f5b63979694 (2014-02-11), USE_DEVFS is not considered anymore.
> For compatibility, let's restore USE_DEVFS semantic.
> Also add USE_DEVFS to documentation.conf.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Crapet <Matthieu.Crapet@ingenico.com>
> ---
>  meta/conf/documentation.conf | 1 +
>  meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py        | 3 ++-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/conf/documentation.conf b/meta/conf/documentation.conf
> index 4d49a02..315e1b5 100644
> --- a/meta/conf/documentation.conf
> +++ b/meta/conf/documentation.conf
> @@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ UBOOT_MACHINE[doc] = "Specifies the value passed on the make command line when b
>  UBOOT_MAKE_TARGET[doc] = "Specifies the target called in the Makefile."
>  UBOOT_SUFFIX[doc] = "Points to the generated U-Boot extension."
>  UBOOT_TARGET[doc] = "Specifies the target used for building U-Boot."
> +USE_DEVFS[doc] = "When building images, specifies to populate or not ${sysconfdir}. This variable defaults to '1' (leave directory empty, surely because devtmpfs do the job). Set it to '0' to use makedevs (or consider using a custom file with IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLES)."

${sysconfdir} usually contains /etc, not /dev.

Regards,
Andreas