Changeset 08670b5 for bootscripts/lfs/init.d/mountvirtfs

Timestamp:

03/22/2022 11:13:31 PM (2 years ago)

Author:

William Harrington <kb0iic@…>

Branches:

arm

Children:

e27a07d

Parents:

a55a9d22

git-author:

Pierre Labastie <pierre.labastie@…> (03/22/2022 08:20:46 PM)

git-committer:

William Harrington <kb0iic@…> (03/22/2022 11:13:31 PM)

Message:

Update comments in the mountvirtfs booscript

Since the kernel can mount /dev if given the proper config
parameter, and we tell users to set this parameter when building
the kernel, this should be mentioned in the script

File:

• bootscripts/lfs/init.d/mountvirtfs (modified) (2 diffs)

bootscripts/lfs/init.d/mountvirtfs

@@ -3 +3 @@
 # Begin mountvirtfs
 #
-# Description : Mount proc, sysfs, and run
+# Description : Ensure proc, sysfs, run, and dev are mounted
 #
 # Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
@@ -21 +21 @@
 # Default-Start:       S
 # Default-Stop:
-# Short-Description:   Mounts /sys and /proc virtual (kernel) filesystems.
-#                      Mounts /run (tmpfs) and /dev (devtmpfs).
+# Short-Description:   Mounts various special fs needed at start
 # Description:         Mounts /sys and /proc virtual (kernel) filesystems.
 #                      Mounts /run (tmpfs) and /dev (devtmpfs).
+#                      This is done only if they are not already mounted.
+#                      with the kernel config proposed in the book, dev
+#                      should be automatically mounted by the kernel.
 # X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
 ### END INIT INFO