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authorKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2010-09-04 22:33:14 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2010-10-22 10:16:43 -0700
commit39aba963d937edb20db7d9d93e6dda5d2adfdcdd (patch)
tree7aa1898634ed6f6ece3e48f4b5464fcbcb4f49a5 /init
parent807508c8ff9af6ce8f25c5ca5f3eb06a8e7d3286 (diff)
driver core: remove CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 but keep it for block devices
This patch removes the old CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 config option, but it keeps the logic around to handle block devices in the old manner as some people like to run new kernel versions on old (pre 2007/2008) distros. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@suse.de> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'init')
-rw-r--r--init/Kconfig46
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 2de5b1cbadd9..137609f33ebc 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -656,40 +656,24 @@ config MM_OWNER
bool
config SYSFS_DEPRECATED
- bool
-
-config SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2
bool "enable deprecated sysfs features to support old userspace tools"
depends on SYSFS
default n
- select SYSFS_DEPRECATED
- help
- This option switches the layout of sysfs to the deprecated
- version. Do not use it on recent distributions.
-
- The current sysfs layout features a unified device tree at
- /sys/devices/, which is able to express a hierarchy between
- class devices. If the deprecated option is set to Y, the
- unified device tree is split into a bus device tree at
- /sys/devices/ and several individual class device trees at
- /sys/class/. The class and bus devices will be connected by
- "<subsystem>:<name>" and the "device" links. The "block"
- class devices, will not show up in /sys/class/block/. Some
- subsystems will suppress the creation of some devices which
- depend on the unified device tree.
-
- This option is not a pure compatibility option that can
- be safely enabled on newer distributions. It will change the
- layout of sysfs to the non-extensible deprecated version,
- and disable some features, which can not be exported without
- confusing older userspace tools. Since 2007/2008 all major
- distributions do not enable this option, and ship no tools which
- depend on the deprecated layout or this option.
-
- If you are using a new kernel on an older distribution, or use
- older userspace tools, you might need to say Y here. Do not say Y,
- if the original kernel, that came with your distribution, has
- this option set to N.
+ help
+ This option switches the layout of the "block" class devices, to not
+ show up in /sys/class/block/, but only in /sys/block/.
+
+ This option allows new kernels to run on old distributions and tools,
+ which might get confused by /sys/class/block/. Since 2007/2008 all
+ major distributions and tools handle this just fine.
+
+ Recent distributions and userspace tools after 2009/2010 depend on
+ the existence of /sys/class/block/, and will not work with this
+ option enabled.
+
+ Only if you are using a new kernel on an old distribution, you might
+ need to say Y here. Never say Y, if the original kernel, that came
+ with your distribution, has not set this option.
config RELAY
bool "Kernel->user space relay support (formerly relayfs)"