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| author | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2011-09-15 17:08:05 +0400 |
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| committer | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2011-09-15 17:08:18 +0400 |
| commit | e060c38434b2caa78efe7cedaff4191040b65a15 (patch) | |
| tree | 407361230bf6733f63d8e788e4b5e6566ee04818 /fs/Kconfig | |
| parent | 10e4ac572eeffe5317019bd7330b6058a400dfc2 (diff) | |
| parent | cc39c6a9bbdebfcf1a7dee64d83bf302bc38d941 (diff) | |
| download | linux-e060c38434b2caa78efe7cedaff4191040b65a15.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'master' into for-next
Fast-forward merge with Linus to be able to merge patches
based on more recent version of the tree.
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/Kconfig | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index 19891aab9c6e..9fe0b349f4cd 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/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 <http://acl.bestbits.at/>. - If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N. - config TMPFS_XATTR bool "Tmpfs extended attributes" depends on TMPFS |