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Date:      Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:31:43 +0000
From:      Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: aca74f0df7 - main - 15.0/relnotes: Document inotify(2)
Message-ID:  <6929ea8f.22899.7fec1a54@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by markj:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=aca74f0df788dfc831cef9e1e5a975d3e8566357

commit aca74f0df788dfc831cef9e1e5a975d3e8566357
Author:     Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-11-28 17:36:40 +0000
Commit:     Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-11-28 18:30:32 +0000

    15.0/relnotes: Document inotify(2)
---
 website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc
index 179c991d73..b0cc5ffde8 100644
--- a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc
+++ b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc
@@ -613,6 +613,11 @@ This section covers changes to kernel configurations, system tuning, and system
 [[kernel-general]]
 === General Kernel Changes
 
+FreeBSD now natively implements the Linux man:inotify[2] interface.
+The system calls themselves are not API-compatible, but libc provides an API-compatible interface, so software which relies on inotify can be run unmodified.
+gitref:f1f230439fa4[repository=src],
+(Sponsored by Klara, Inc.)
+
 The `fpu_kern_enter` and `fpu_kern_leave` routines have been implemented for powerpc, allowing the use of man:ossl[4] crypto functions in the kernel that use floating point and vector registers.
 gitref:91e53779b4fc[repository=src]
 
@@ -1037,6 +1042,9 @@ The `AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT` flag is now ignored for all Linuxulator stat() variants (a
 gitref:99d3ce80ba07[repository=src]
 (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)
 
+The Linux man:inotify[2] system calls are now implemented in the Linuxulator.
+(Sponsored by Klara, Inc.)
+
 [[multimedia]]
 == Multimedia
 


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