From 7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Becker Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:29:43 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] configfs: User-driven configuration filesystem Configfs, a file system for userspace-driven kernel object configuration. The OCFS2 stack makes extensive use of this for propagation of cluster configuration information into kernel. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker --- fs/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) (limited to 'fs/Kconfig') diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index d5255e627b5f..ba1dbe2b2202 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -841,6 +841,20 @@ config RELAYFS_FS If unsure, say N. +config CONFIGFS_FS + 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. + + 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. + endmenu menu "Miscellaneous filesystems" -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522