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From:
Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...>
Cc: <jengelh@...>, <linux-kernel@...>, <mingo@...>, <davej@...>
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Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option
Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 12:59 am
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:03:29 -0800 Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> wrote:
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> +config DEVKMEM > + bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support" > + help > + Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The > + /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain > + kind of kernel debugging operations. > + When in doubt, say "N".
I think this should be `default y'. So that we don't cause /dev/kmem to magically disappear for `make oldconfig' users. --
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[PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option
, Arjan van de Ven
, (Sun Feb 10, 7:55 pm)
Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option
, Jan Engelhardt
, (Sun Feb 10, 8:13 pm)
Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option
, Arjan van de Ven
, (Sun Feb 10, 9:05 pm)
Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option
, Andrew Morton
, (Mon Feb 11, 6:38 pm)
Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option
, Arjan van de Ven
, (Tue Feb 12, 12:03 am)
Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option
, Andrew Morton
, (Tue Feb 12, 12:59 am)
Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option
, Arjan van de Ven
, (Tue Feb 12, 1:16 am)
Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option
, Arjan van de Ven
, (Sun Feb 10, 8:42 pm)
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