[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] linux: Don't enable DEVTMPFS support for kernels older than 3.x.

[Ryan Barnett]

Peter,

Peter Korsgaard <jacmet at gmail.com> wrote on 04/24/2014 01:49:14 AM:

> >>>>> "rjbarnet" == rjbarnet  <rjbarnet at rockwellcollins.com> writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  > We recently ran into a issue where brought a board forward to use 
Buildroot
>  > 2014.02 that we kept at a kernel version of 2.6.33. Yes, I agree that 
we should
>  > be using a new kernel but the work to port to a newer version is too 
great but
>  > we needed to upgrade some package versions. The system was unable to 
boot
>  > because DEVTMPFS_MOUNT was enabled in kernel config. We traced the 
issue back
>  > to Buildroot automatically enabling these options in our kernel 
config. There
>  > was no way to not include this kernel config option when
>  > BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_STATIC is enabled.
> 
> Huh, but we ONLY enable it if BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_STATIC isn't
> enabled - So why not just enabled it?

I meant to say, "when BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_STATIC is NOT enabled". 
Sorry for the confusion and thanks for the clarification.

Thanks,
-Ryan