From: Robert Love <rml@novell.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Mr Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, The Cutch <ttb@tentacle.dhs.org>
Subject: [patch] inotify: update help text
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 09:28:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1123162135.30486.16.camel@betsy> (raw)
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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