The patch titled tmpfs: expand "help" to explain value of TMPFS_POSIX_ACL has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was tmpfs-expand-help-to-explain-value-of-tmpfs_posix_acl.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: tmpfs: expand "help" to explain value of TMPFS_POSIX_ACL From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Expand the fs/Kconfig "help" info to clarify why it's a bad idea to deselect the TMPFS_POSIX_ACL config variable. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/Kconfig | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/Kconfig~tmpfs-expand-help-to-explain-value-of-tmpfs_posix_acl fs/Kconfig --- a/fs/Kconfig~tmpfs-expand-help-to-explain-value-of-tmpfs_posix_acl +++ a/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 _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are tmpfs-add-tmpfs-to-the-kconfig-prompt-to-make-it-obvious.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html