Consolidate devfs garbage and mark it as obsolete.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/Config.in b/miscutils/Config.in
index 37c1de8b9..76baa574a 100644
--- a/miscutils/Config.in
+++ b/miscutils/Config.in
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ config CONFIG_DC
           precision arithmetic.
 
 config CONFIG_DEVFSD
-        bool "devfsd"
+        bool "devfsd (obsolete)"
         default n
         help
+          This is deprecated, and will be going away in a future release.
+
           Provides compatibility with old device names on a devfs systems.
           You should set it to true if you have devfs enabled.
           The following keywords in devsfd.conf are supported:
@@ -81,7 +83,8 @@ config CONFIG_DEVFSD_MODLOAD
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD
         help
-          This actually doesn't work with busybox  modutils but needs the real modutils.
+          This actually doesn't work with busybox modutils but needs
+          the external modutils.
 
 config CONFIG_DEVFSD_FG_NP
         bool "Enables the -fg and -np options"
@@ -98,6 +101,17 @@ config CONFIG_DEVFSD_VERBOSE
         help
           Increases logging to stderr or syslog.
 
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
+        bool "  Use devfs names for all devices (obsolete)"
+        default n
+        help
+          This tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of
+          /dev/loop0.  If your /dev directory has normal names instead of
+          devfs names, you don't want this.
+
+          This is obsolete and will be going away someday.  Consider it
+          deprecated.
+
 config CONFIG_EJECT
         bool "eject"
         default n