Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option

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From: Andrew Morton

Subject: Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option

Date: Monday, February 11, 2008 - 9:59 pm

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:03:29 -0800 Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> wrote:

quoted text> +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, 4:55 pm)

Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option, Jan Engelhardt, (Sun Feb 10, 5:13 pm)

Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option, Arjan van de Ven, (Sun Feb 10, 5:42 pm)

Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option, Arjan van de Ven, (Sun Feb 10, 6:05 pm)

Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option, Andrew Morton, (Mon Feb 11, 3:38 pm)

Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option, Arjan van de Ven, (Mon Feb 11, 9:03 pm)

Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option, Andrew Morton, (Mon Feb 11, 9:59 pm)

Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option, Arjan van de Ven, (Mon Feb 11, 10:16 pm)


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