1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/Config.in b/miscutils/Config.in
index f15547db1..c8d7253d8 100644
--- a/miscutils/Config.in
+++ b/miscutils/Config.in
@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ config DEVFSD
         default n
         select FEATURE_SYSLOG
         help
-          This is deprecated, and will be removed at the end of 2008.
+          This is deprecated and should NOT be used anymore.
+          Use linux >= 2.6 (optionally with hotplug) and mdev instead!
+          See docs/mdev.txt for detailed instructions on how to use mdev
+          instead.
 
           Provides compatibility with old device names on a devfs systems.
           You should set it to true if you have devfs enabled.
@@ -197,9 +200,11 @@ config FEATURE_DEVFS
         bool "Use devfs names for all devices (obsolete)"
         default n
         help
-          This is obsolete and will be going away at the end of 2008..
+          This is obsolete and should NOT be used anymore.
+          Use linux >= 2.6 (optionally with hotplug) and mdev instead!
 
-          This tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of
+          For legacy systems -- if there is no way around devfsd -- 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.