diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ea9f2626..06de5794 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ go get -u golang.org/x/sys/... Cross platform: Windows, Linux, BSD and macOS. -| Adapter | OS | Status | -| --------------------- | -------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | +| Adapter | OS | Status | +| --------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | inotify | Linux 2.6.27 or later, Android\* | Supported [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/fsnotify/fsnotify.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/fsnotify/fsnotify) | | kqueue | BSD, macOS, iOS\* | Supported [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/fsnotify/fsnotify.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/fsnotify/fsnotify) | | ReadDirectoryChangesW | Windows | Supported [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/fsnotify/fsnotify.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/fsnotify/fsnotify) | -| FSEvents | macOS | [Planned](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/11) | -| FEN | Solaris 11 | [In Progress](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/12) | -| fanotify | Linux 2.6.37+ | [Planned](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/114) | -| USN Journals | Windows | [Maybe](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/53) | -| Polling | *All* | [Maybe](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/9) | +| FSEvents | macOS | [Planned](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/11) | +| FEN | Solaris 11 | [In Progress](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/12) | +| fanotify | Linux 2.6.37+ | [Planned](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/114) | +| USN Journals | Windows | [Maybe](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/53) | +| Polling | *All* | [Maybe](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/9) | \* Android and iOS are untested. @@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ There are OS-specific limits as to how many watches can be created: * Linux: /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches contains the limit, reaching this limit results in a "no space left on device" error. * BSD / OSX: sysctl variables "kern.maxfiles" and "kern.maxfilesperproc", reaching these limits results in a "too many open files" error. +**Why don't notifications work with NFS filesystems or filesystem in userspace (FUSE)?** + +fsnotify requires support from underlying OS to work. The current NFS protocol does not provide network level support for file notifications. + [#62]: https://github.com/howeyc/fsnotify/issues/62 [#18]: https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/18 [#11]: https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/11