diff options
| author | Denys Vlasenko | 2009-12-05 15:59:05 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Denys Vlasenko | 2009-12-05 15:59:05 +0100 |
| commit | f92874e747dae948fdfacf53537f554ccee7bd54 (patch) | |
| tree | 0b3832ac9cdb99d25294dcf86e23afb49a85e8c4 | |
| parent | a7329667b4c19fbe8ba077062f14a96038c094db (diff) | |
| download | busybox-f92874e747dae948fdfacf53537f554ccee7bd54.zip busybox-f92874e747dae948fdfacf53537f554ccee7bd54.tar.gz | |
replace /bin/mdev with /sbin/mdev
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/mdev.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/usage.h | 2 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/mdev.txt b/docs/mdev.txt index 031e473..7bd00fe 100644 --- a/docs/mdev.txt +++ b/docs/mdev.txt @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ updates, you also need to have hotplugging enabled in your kernel. Here's a typical code snippet from the init script: [0] mount -t proc proc /proc [1] mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys -[2] echo /bin/mdev > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug +[2] echo /sbin/mdev > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug [3] mdev -s Alternatively, without procfs the above becomes: [1] mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys -[2] sysctl -w kernel.hotplug=/bin/mdev +[2] sysctl -w kernel.hotplug=/sbin/mdev [3] mdev -s @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ code snippet: [6] mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts The simple explanation here is that [1] you need to have /sys mounted before -executing mdev. Then you [2] instruct the kernel to execute /bin/mdev whenever +executing mdev. Then you [2] instruct the kernel to execute /sbin/mdev whenever a device is added or removed so that the device node can be created or destroyed. Then you [3] seed /dev with all the device nodes that were created while the system was booting. diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h index 2eb5c00..1505ac3 100644 --- a/include/usage.h +++ b/include/usage.h @@ -2656,7 +2656,7 @@ " -s Scan /sys and populate /dev during system boot\n" \ "\n" \ "It can be run by kernel as a hotplug helper. To activate it:\n" \ - " echo /bin/mdev >/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug\n" \ + " echo /sbin/mdev > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug\n" \ IF_FEATURE_MDEV_CONF( \ "It uses /etc/mdev.conf with lines\n" \ "[-]DEVNAME UID:GID PERM" \ |