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										 |  |  | config CONFIGFS_FS | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem" | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	select SYSFS | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	help | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	  configfs is a RAM-based filesystem that provides the converse | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 	  of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  of kernel objects, or config_items. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  same system. One is not a replacement for the other. |