From: Robert Love Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 20:07:08 +0000 (-0700) Subject: [PATCH] inotify: update help text X-Git-Tag: v2.6.13-rc6~50 X-Git-Url: http://git.rot13.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3de11748c1b312833e8a148ab7ec47669ecc99dc;p=powerpc.git [PATCH] inotify: update help text The inotify help text still refers to the character device. Update it. Fixes kernel bug #4993. Signed-off-by: Robert Love Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index 5d0c4be43d..e54be70583 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -363,12 +363,15 @@ config INOTIFY 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.