Configfs
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Configfs is a RAM-based virtual file system provided by the 2.6 Linux kernel.[1]
Details
[edit]Configfs appears similar to sysfs but they are in fact different and complementary. Configfs is for creating, managing and destroying kernel objects from user-space, and sysfs for viewing and manipulating objects from user-space which are created and destroyed by kernel space.[2] It is typically mounted at /sys/kernel/config
(or more rarely at /config
).
See also
[edit]- tmpfs
- sysctl – an interface for examining and dynamically changing parameters in the BSD and Linux operating systems
References
[edit]- ^ "Linux Kernel Documentation / filesystems / configfs". mjmwired.net. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ^ "Configfs - an introduction [LWN.net]". lwn.net. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- "Configfs - the API [LWN.net]". lwn.net. Retrieved 3 April 2025. Configfs – the API
- "Documentation/configfs/configfs.txt [LWN.net]". lwn.net. Retrieved 3 April 2025. Documentation/configfs/configfs.txt