Tito writes:

Hi to all,
here is a new patch for bb's devfsd. The news are:

1) Size reduction for the basic setup with no options compiled in from :
     text        data     bss     dec       hex   filename
    10591     392      543    11526   2d06 devfsd.o
    rw-r--r--    1 root     root        18536 Dec 18 21:52 devfsd.o

    to:

    text        data     bss     dec        hex  filename
    9303      392      543    10238    27fe devfsd.o
    rw-r--r--    1 root     root        16528 Dec 18 22:02 devfsd.o

   With this setup you should not expect much output from devfsd
    ( just at start or with -v) and if some error occurs it only exits 1.
   To have more output enable:  " Increases logging (and size)" (+1568 b).

2) The option "Adds function names to program output" was removed from config menu
    and now to enable debug output you can use bb's standard option:
    "Build BusyBox with Debugging symbols".
    Be careful as with this option enabled a lot of data are outputted to /dev/log and/or to stderr.

3) A new option: "Enables the -fg and -np option" was added to config menu  (+128 b).

BTW: option "Adds support for MODLOAD keyword in devsfd.conf"  adds 268 b.

4) The following keywords in devsfd.conf are supported:
   "CLEAR_CONFIG", "INCLUDE", "OPTIONAL_INCLUDE", "RESTORE",
   "PERMISSIONS", "EXECUTE", "COPY", "IGNORE",  "MKOLDCOMPAT",
   "MKNEWCOMPAT","RMOLDCOMPAT", "RMNEWCOMPAT".

   But only if they are written UPPERCASE!!!!!!!!

5)Help text in usage.h was modified.

6)Something that I have forgotten..........

I've tested this for the last week on my box and it seems to work as expected.

Thanks in advance and please apply.

Ciao,

Tito

include/usage.h

@@ -338,17 +338,25 @@
 #define deluser_full_usage \
 	 "Deletes user USER from the system"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEVFSD_FG_NP
+  #define USAGE_DEVFSD_FG_NP(a) a
+#else
+  #define USAGE_DEVFSD_FG_NP(a)
+#endif
+
 #define devfsd_trivial_usage \
-	"mntpnt [-v] [-fg] [-np]"
+	"mntpnt [-v]"\
+	USAGE_DEVFSD_FG_NP("[-fg][-np]" )
 #define devfsd_full_usage \
 	"Optional daemon for managing devfs (the Linux Device Filesystem).\n" \
 	"\nOptions:\n" \
 	"\tmntpnt\tThe mount point where devfs is mounted.\n\n" \
 	"\t-v\tPrint the protocol version numbers for devfsd\n" \
-	"\t\tand the kernel-side protocol version and exits.\n" \
-	"\t-fg\tRun the daemon in the foreground.\n\n" \
-	"\t-np\tExit  after  parsing  the configuration file and processing syn-\n" \
-	"\t\tthetic REGISTER events. Do not poll for events." 
+	"\t\tand the kernel-side protocol version and exits." \
+	USAGE_DEVFSD_FG_NP( "\n\n\t-fg\tRun the daemon in the foreground.\n\n" \
+	"\t-np\tExit  after  parsing  the configuration file\n" \
+	"\t\tand processing synthetic REGISTER events.\n" \
+	"\t\tDo not poll for events.")
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_HUMAN_READABLE
   #define USAGE_HUMAN_READABLE(a) a

miscutils/Config.in

@@ -46,27 +46,34 @@ config CONFIG_DEVFSD
 	help
 	  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:
+	  "CLEAR_CONFIG", "INCLUDE", "OPTIONAL_INCLUDE", "RESTORE",
+	  "PERMISSIONS", "EXECUTE", "COPY", "IGNORE",
+	  "MKOLDCOMPAT", "MKNEWCOMPAT","RMOLDCOMPAT", "RMNEWCOMPAT".
+
+	   But only if they are written UPPERCASE!!!!!!!!
 
 config CONFIG_DEVFSD_MODLOAD
-	bool "Adds support for MODLOAD action"
+	bool "Adds support for MODLOAD keyword in devsfd.conf"
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD
 	help
 	  This actually doesn't work with busybox  modutils but needs the real modutils.
 
-config CONFIG_DEVFSD_VERBOSE
-	bool "Increases logging to stderr and syslog"
+config CONFIG_DEVFSD_FG_NP
+	bool "Enables the -fg and -np options"
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD
 	help
-	  Increases logging to stderr and syslog.
+		-fg	Run the daemon in the foreground.
+		-np	Exit  after  parsing  the configuration file. Do not poll for events.
 
-config CONFIG_DEVFSD_DEBUG
-	bool "Adds function names to program output"
+config CONFIG_DEVFSD_VERBOSE
+	bool "Increases logging (and size)"
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD
 	help
-	  Adds function names to program output.
+	  Increases logging to stderr or syslog.
 
 config CONFIG_LAST
 	bool "last"