Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751660Ab1FRR27 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:28:59 -0400 Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.8]:41203 "EHLO einhorn.in-berlin.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751241Ab1FRR25 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:28:57 -0400 X-Envelope-From: stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:28:47 +0200 From: Stefan Richter To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , hughd@google.com, Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: [PATCH] TMPFS: Expand "help" to explain value of TMPFS_POSIX_ACL Message-ID: <20110618192847.62dc6d87@stein> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.22.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 891 Lines: 23 On Jun 18 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > + If you've selected TMPFS, you almost certainly want this option > + as well since a number of user space features (ie., ALSA sound) > + require POSIX ACL support under /dev to work properly. In other There are still many systems which do not use ACLs in /dev or anywhere else at all. Hence, "may require POSIX ACL support". > + words, if you're not sure and you have no *compelling* reason to > + deselect this feature, say Y. The asterisks around compelling are unnecessary. BTW, thanks for improving the Kconfig help texts. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==-== -==- =--=- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/