configfs
{{Short description|RAM-based virtual file system provided by the 2.6 Linux kerne}}
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Configfs is a RAM-based virtual file system provided by the 2.6 Linux kernel.{{Cite web|url=https://mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/|title=Linux Kernel Documentation / filesystems / configfs|website=mjmwired.net|accessdate=3 April 2025|archive-date=21 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621233353/http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/|url-status=live}}
Details
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.{{Cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/148973/|title=Configfs - an introduction [LWN.net]|website=lwn.net|accessdate=3 April 2025}} It is typically mounted at /sys/kernel/config (or more rarely at /config).
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External links
- {{Cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/148987/|title=Configfs - the API [LWN.net]|website=lwn.net|accessdate=3 April 2025}} Configfs – the API
- {{Cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/149005/|title=Documentation/configfs/configfs.txt [LWN.net]|website=lwn.net|accessdate=3 April 2025}} Documentation/configfs/configfs.txt
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Category:Free special-purpose file systems
Category:Pseudo file systems supported by the Linux kernel
Category:Interfaces of the Linux kernel
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