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| author | Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org> | 2026-06-30 18:05:56 +0100 |
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| committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> | 2026-08-05 16:48:11 +0100 |
| commit | bb3b2cfeb206f5b10b859e134651b54120e3f530 (patch) | |
| tree | 6717fcea088ba5c5f15002a48101fa2537135bf2 /fs/sysfs/Kconfig | |
| download | linux-stable-bb3b2cfeb206f5b10b859e134651b54120e3f530.tar.gz linux-stable-bb3b2cfeb206f5b10b859e134651b54120e3f530.zip | |
ARM: 9480/1: entry: expand comment in __switch_tografted
As per discussion between the developers in the mail thread
linked, expand the comment in __switch_to so that readers
of the code understand what is going on.
Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/sysfs/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/sysfs/Kconfig | 25 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/Kconfig b/fs/sysfs/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b0fe1cce3 --- /dev/null +++ b/fs/sysfs/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only +config SYSFS + bool "sysfs file system support" if EXPERT + default y + select KERNFS + help + The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to + export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their + relationships to one another. + + Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running + kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and + which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices + and other kernel subsystems. + + Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate. + /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in + delegating policy decisions, like persistently naming devices. + + sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root + partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on + the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For + example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1. + + Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space. |
