Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751691Ab1FRRcX (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:32:23 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:60778 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750839Ab1FRRcV (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:32:21 -0400 Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:32:14 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost6.localdomain6 To: Stefan Richter cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , hughd@google.com, Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: [PATCH] TMPFS: Expand "help" to explain value of TMPFS_POSIX_ACL In-Reply-To: <20110618192847.62dc6d87@stein> Message-ID: References: <20110618192847.62dc6d87@stein> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1309 Lines: 33 On Sat, 18 Jun 2011, Stefan Richter wrote: > 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. ok, i can reword and resubmit if you like. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== -- 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/