[Buildroot] [PATCH] busybox: register mdev as hotplug helper

[Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>]

On 07/28/2013 10:14 AM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:

>> Proven failure: not building a kernel with buildroot.
> 
> Not really an argument: if you select 'devtmpfs' as the /dev management
> method and you build your kernel outside of Buildroot, you have to
> enable CONFIG_DEVTMPFS + CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT, otherwise things won't
> work. I don't see what it shouldn't be the same for the hotplug helper
> selection: if you're building the kernel with Buildroot, then things are
> taken care of automatically, otherwise you're on your own.

Then we should just ditch the device managment options if the user isn't
building a kernel?
Double-edged knife there :)
For mdev that can be solved, at worst it'll be an (almost) no-op,
devtmpfs is another story.
Regards.