From 22a8499d35b2ad85b91e2fbdeaf6de38ac3ddc70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 16:21:29 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 262331 b: refs/heads/master c: 206506ccf04b6790d11553a0c8595d1bf65790fe h: refs/heads/master i: 262329: fe54df290e99a2e4da4b755d1fef77fd6459b0f9 262327: 6b707fc43bfacb9777383e40c4195f899da051b0 v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/fs/Kconfig | 15 +++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index ff5b8d1d653e..6e06d6f9f2ff 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 8079b1c859c44f27d63da4951f5038a16589a563 +refs/heads/master: 206506ccf04b6790d11553a0c8595d1bf65790fe diff --git a/trunk/fs/Kconfig b/trunk/fs/Kconfig index 19891aab9c6e..9fe0b349f4cd 100644 --- a/trunk/fs/Kconfig +++ b/trunk/fs/Kconfig @@ -127,14 +127,21 @@ config TMPFS_POSIX_ACL select TMPFS_XATTR select GENERIC_ACL help - POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and - groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme. + POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support additional access rights + for users and groups beyond the standard owner/group/world scheme, + and this option selects support for ACLs specifically for tmpfs + filesystems. + + If you've selected TMPFS, it's possible that you'll also need + this option as there are a number of Linux distros that require + POSIX ACL support under /dev for certain features to work properly. + For example, some distros need this feature for ALSA-related /dev + files for sound to work properly. In short, if you're not sure, + say Y. To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for Linux website . - If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N. - config TMPFS_XATTR bool "Tmpfs extended attributes" depends on TMPFS