[Ocfs2-devel] [-mm patch] CONFIGFS_FS: "If unsure, say N."

[Adrian Bunk]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 02:30:38PM -0700, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 10:03:15AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > I haven't found any reason why CONFIGFS_FS is user-visible.
> > Other parts of the kernel using configfs should simply select it.
> 
> 	Doesn't work for external modules that might want to use it.
> Imagine that configfs gets merged before OCFS2, which depends on it.

I was surprised if configfs was merged with zero users in the kernel.

But I get your point, what about the patch below?

> Joel

cu
Adrian


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Make it clear that users usually shouldn't manually enable CONFIGFS_FS.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk at stusta.de>

--- linux-2.6.12-mm2-full/fs/Kconfig.old	2005-06-30 01:51:51.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12-mm2-full/fs/Kconfig	2005-06-30 01:54:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -934,13 +934,11 @@
 	tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
 	help
-	  configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
-	  of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
-	  view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager
-	  of kernel objects, or config_items.
+	  This option is provided for the case where no in-kernel-tree
+	  modules require configfs, but a module built outside the kernel
+	  tree does. Such modules require Y or M here.
 
-	  Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the
-	  same system. One is not a replacement for the other.
+	  If unsure, say N.
 
 config RELAYFS_FS
 	tristate "Relayfs file system support"