Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751773Ab1FRRhk (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:37:40 -0400 Received: from oproxy6-pub.bluehost.com ([67.222.54.6]:37507 "HELO oproxy6-pub.bluehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750839Ab1FRRhj (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:37:39 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=xenotime.net; h=Received:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-Id:In-Reply-To:References:Organization:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Identified-User; b=EIHU8wiOh46bjVRopZ3fyT6VAc5YsVm8KXvAHKWMGMcmh9MaLDO5QJmsAoYcjswQXc34bxH6r+8ySWcb2i00zCcRRL2AecdbGvg+39hJonEwYjzaN8CLJVhH1OtchLyy; Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:37:37 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: Stefan Richter , Linux Kernel Mailing List , hughd@google.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] TMPFS: Expand "help" to explain value of TMPFS_POSIX_ACL Message-Id: <20110618103737.c6d95512.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20110618192847.62dc6d87@stein> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.6; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Identified-User: {1807:box742.bluehost.com:xenotime:xenotime.net} {sentby:smtp auth 50.53.38.135 authed with rdunlap@xenotime.net} Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1093 Lines: 31 On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:32:14 -0400 (EDT) Robert P. J. Day wrote: > 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. agreed. > ok, i can reword and resubmit if you like. yes, please. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** -- 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/