From 3de11748c1b312833e8a148ab7ec47669ecc99dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Love <rml@novell.com> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 13:07:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [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 <rml@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> --- fs/Kconfig | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index 5d0c4be43dba1f..e54be7058359e0 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. -- GitLab