New applet, devfsd, by Matteo Croce and Tito

AUTHORS

@@ -119,3 +119,7 @@ Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com>
 
 Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
     tarcat (since removed), loadkmap, various fixes, Debian maintenance
+
+Tito Ragusa <farmatito@tiscali.it>
+	devfsd and size optimizations in strings, openvt and deallocvt.
+

include/applets.h

@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_DELUSER
 	APPLET(deluser, deluser_main, _BB_DIR_BIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER)
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEVFSD
+	APPLET(devfsd, devfsd_main, _BB_DIR_SBIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER)
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_DF
 	APPLET(df, df_main, _BB_DIR_BIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER)
 #endif

include/usage.h

@@ -336,6 +336,18 @@
 #define deluser_full_usage \
 	 "Deletes user USER from the system"
 
+#define devfsd_trivial_usage \
+	"mntpnt [-v] [-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." 
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_HUMAN_READABLE
   #define USAGE_HUMAN_READABLE(a) a
   #define USAGE_NOT_HUMAN_READABLE(a)

miscutils/Config.in

@@ -40,6 +40,27 @@ config CONFIG_DC
 	  Dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited
 	  precision arithmetic.
 
+config CONFIG_DEVFSD
+	bool "devfsd"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Provides compatibility with old device names on a devfs systems.
+	  You should set it to true if you have devfs enabled.
+
+config CONFIG_DEVFSD_VERBOSE
+	bool "Increases logging to stderr and syslog"
+	default n
+	depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD
+	help
+	  Increases logging to stderr and syslog.
+
+config CONFIG_DEVFSD_DEBUG
+	bool "Adds function names to program output"
+	default n
+	depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD
+	help
+	  Adds function names to program output.
+
 config CONFIG_LAST
 	bool "last"
 	default n

miscutils/Makefile.in

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_ADJTIMEX)		+= adjtimex.o
 MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_CROND)               += crond.o
 MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_CRONTAB)             += crontab.o
 MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_DC)			+= dc.o
+MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_DEVFSD)		+= devfsd.o
 MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_HDPARM)		+= hdparm.o
 MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_LAST)		+= last.o
 MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_MAKEDEVS)		+= makedevs.o