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author | William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com> | 2014-08-08 14:49:00 -0500 |
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committer | William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com> | 2014-08-08 14:49:00 -0500 |
commit | 6a337ff6c531d9d7310253b67b3e95d1ce5d214c (patch) | |
tree | 8183666101002be7d56d91fb1666e303a732cb1b | |
parent | 647e08eb9166d23d0c64f0c8767d93a06bd21a40 (diff) |
devfs: several small clarifications
- Rename the static_dev switch in conf.d/devfs to skip_mount_dev since
this is a better description of what the switch does.
- Clarify the error messages in the devfs service script based on the
new name of the switch.
-rw-r--r-- | conf.d/devfs | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | init.d/devfs.in | 14 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/conf.d/devfs b/conf.d/devfs index 92a8a99d..51f80370 100644 --- a/conf.d/devfs +++ b/conf.d/devfs @@ -1,2 +1,8 @@ -# Set this to yes if your /dev is not a devtmpfs or tmpfs. -# static_dev="NO" +# OpenRC will attempt each of the following in succession to mount /dev. +# +# 1. If there is an entry for /dev in fstab, it will be used. +# 2. If devtmpfs is defined in the kernel, it will be used. +# 3. If tmpfs is defined in the kernel, it will be used. +# +# Set this to yes if you do not want OpenRC to attempt to mount /dev. +# skip_mount_dev="NO" diff --git a/init.d/devfs.in b/init.d/devfs.in index ca242318..bcdbdcd4 100644 --- a/init.d/devfs.in +++ b/init.d/devfs.in @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ mount_dev() local action=--mount devfstype msg=Mounting # Some devices require exec, Bug #92921 local mountopts="exec,nosuid,mode=0755" - if yesno ${static_dev:-no}; then - einfo "Using static /dev" + if yesno ${skip_mount_dev:-no} ; then + einfo "/dev will not be mounted due to user request" return 0 fi if mountinfo -q /dev; then @@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ mount_dev() mount -n -t $devfstype -o $mountopts dev /dev eend $? else - ewarn "This kernel does not have devtmpfs or tmpfs support." - ewarn "Assuming you want static /dev. If this is not the case," - ewarn "please set the CONFIG_DEVTMPFS or CONFIG_TMPFS option" - ewarn "in your kernel." + ewarn "This kernel does not have devtmpfs or tmpfs support, and there" + ewarn "is no entry for /dev in fstab." + ewarn "This means /dev will not be mounted." + ewarn "To avoid this message, set CONFIG_DEVTMPFS or CONFIG_TMPFS to y" + ewarn "in your kernel configuration or see @SYSCONFDIR@/conf.d/devfs" fi + return 0 } seed_dev() |