| Eric Paris | 272eb01 | 2008-12-17 13:59:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config INOTIFY |
| 2 | bool "Inotify file change notification support" |
| 3 | default y |
| 4 | ---help--- |
| 5 | Say Y here to enable inotify support. Inotify is a file change |
| 6 | notification system and a replacement for dnotify. Inotify fixes |
| 7 | numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features |
| 8 | including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount |
| 9 | notification. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt> |
| 12 | |
| 13 | If unsure, say Y. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | config INOTIFY_USER |
| 16 | bool "Inotify support for userspace" |
| 17 | depends on INOTIFY |
| 18 | default y |
| 19 | ---help--- |
| 20 | Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the |
| 21 | associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and |
| 22 | directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file |
| 23 | descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt> |
| 26 | |
| 27 | If unsure, say Y. |