Device table support for makedevs, the previous behaviour can been

selected at configure time.

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/Config.in b/miscutils/Config.in
index 7e18c16a0..320f4c2b4 100644
--- a/miscutils/Config.in
+++ b/miscutils/Config.in
@@ -143,10 +143,32 @@ config CONFIG_MAKEDEVS
         bool "makedevs"
         default n
         help
-          'makedevs' is a utility used and created by the Linux Router Project.
-          It creates a large number of device special files (/dev devices)
-          rather quickly, and can be considerably faster then running mknod a
-          zillion times.
+          'makedevs' is a utility used to create a batch of devices with
+          one command.
+          .
+          There are two choices for command line behaviour, the interface
+          as used by LEAF/Linux Router Project, or a device table file.
+          . 
+          'leaf' is traditionally what busybox follows, it allows multiple
+          devices of a particluar type to be created per command.
+          e.g. /dev/hda[0-9]
+          Device properties are passed as command line arguments.
+          .
+          'table' reads device properties from a file or stdin, allowing
+          a batch of unrelated devices to be makde with one command. 
+          User/group names are allowed as an alternative to uid/gid.
+
+choice
+        prompt "Choose makedevs behaviour"
+        default CONFIG_FEATURE_MAKDEVS_TABLE
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_LEAF
+        bool "leaf"
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE
+        bool "table"
+
+endchoice
 
 config CONFIG_MT
         bool "mt"