[patch] inotify: update help text

From: Robert Love
Date: Thu Aug 04 2005 - 08:30:14 EST


The inotify help text still refers to the character device. Update it.

Fixes kernel bug #4993.

Signed-off-by: Robert Love <rml@xxxxxxxxxx>

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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