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diff --git a/extensions/strip-device-nodes.configure.help b/extensions/strip-device-nodes.configure.help new file mode 100644 index 00000000..43b79a77 --- /dev/null +++ b/extensions/strip-device-nodes.configure.help @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +# Copyright (C) 2015 Codethink Limited +# +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along +# with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +help: | + A Baserock configuration extension for removing static device nodes. + + Parameters: + + STRIP_DEVICE_NODES=<1|0>: whether to strip device nodes + + This extension is a workaround for a flaw in the Baserock reference systems. + They still contain statically created device nodes, which is not useful any + more for Linux systems due to the existance of the 'devtmpfs' filesystem. + The 'devtmpfs' filesystem creates device nodes automatically at run time. + + Static device nodes are deliberately not supported by the OSTree tool, so this + .configure extension is needed to use the Baserock reference systems with the + ostree.write deployment extension. |