[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] system: allow using mdev for firmware loading only

[Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>]

Dear Thomas,

Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Luca,
>
> On Mon,  6 Jul 2015 15:09:34 +0200, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
>> Busybox's mdev nicely provides the ability to load a firmware requested by
>> the kernel.
>>
>> However, when using a static /dev management, mdev is not installed as a
>> hotplug helper (i.e. S10mdev is not installed) and
>> CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_LOAD_FIRMWARE is not enabled in the busybox
>> configuration.
>>
>> Provide a knob for static /dev users to easily enable mdev for firmware
>> loading.
>>
>> This is just a matter of extending the ifeq condition around the S10mdev
>> installation and kconfig fixups that enable the needed configuration in
>> busybox. But leave mdev.conf installation under the old condition, it's
>> not needed for firmware loading.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>
>
> Are you really a poor soul stuck with a pre-2.6.32 kernel preventing
> you from using devtmpfs ?

"You, poor souls condemned to the Circle of Jurassic Kernel Users, shall
be using 2.6.30.10... for eternity! Abandon all devtmpfs hope, ye who
enter here!"

Yes, I am doomed! :.(...

-- 
Luca