[Buildroot] [PATCH v3] Add a defconfig for MIPS Creator CI20
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Mon Dec 1 10:19:22 UTC 2014
>>>>> "Vicente" == Vicente Olivert Riera <Vincent.Riera at imgtec.com> writes:
Hi,
>> I do have one question though:
>>
>>> +# system
>> > +BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION=y
>> > +BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.0.8"
>> > +BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_3_0=y
>> > +BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_MDEV=y
>>
>> Is mdev in any way required? We normally only enable the basic stuff
>> needed to get a booting system in the defconfigs.
> I have added mdev to the defconfig in order to get it working out of the
> box, because the kernel defconfig we are using doesn't have
> DEVTMPFS_MOUNT support, so if you rely on the default /dev management
> option (Dynamic using devtmpfs only) it will not work.
But when you build a kernel with Buildroot it will automatically enable
DEVTMPFS_MOUNT when needed (E.G. when the system isn't configured for a
static /dev), so that shouldn't be an issue?
--
Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard
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