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| -rw-r--r-- | rules/host-genext2fs.in | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rules/host-genext2fs.in b/rules/host-genext2fs.in index e199b1670..5607204b9 100644 --- a/rules/host-genext2fs.in +++ b/rules/host-genext2fs.in @@ -4,5 +4,15 @@ config HOST_GENEXT2FS prompt "genext2fs" default n help - FIXME: This item needs to be documented + ext2 filesystem generator for embedded systems + `genext2fs' is meant to generate an ext2 filesystem + as a normal (non-root) user. It doesn't require you + to mount the image file to copy files on it. It + doesn't even require you to be the superuser to + make device nodes. + + Warning ! `genext2fs' has been designed for embedded + systems. As such, it will generate a filesystem for + single-user usage: all files/directories/etc... + will belong to UID/GID 0 |