Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | [patch] inotify: update help text | From | Robert Love <> | Date | Thu, 04 Aug 2005 09:28:55 -0400 |
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The inotify help text still refers to the character device. Update it.
Fixes kernel bug #4993.
Signed-off-by: Robert Love <rml@novell.com>
fs/Kconfig | 11 +++++++---- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.13-rc3-git8/fs/Kconfig 2005-07-27 10:59:32.000000000 -0400 +++ linux/fs/Kconfig 2005-08-04 09:26:46.000000000 -0400 @@ -363,12 +363,15 @@ bool "Inotify file change notification support" default y ---help--- - Say Y here to enable inotify support and the /dev/inotify character - device. Inotify is a file change notification system and a + Say Y here to enable inotify support and the associated system + calls. Inotify is a file change notification system and a replacement for dnotify. Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features. It allows monitoring - of both files and directories via a single open fd. Multiple file - events are supported. + of both files and directories via a single open fd. Other features + include multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount + notification. + + For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt If unsure, say Y.
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