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

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:59:14 -0800
Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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

that's a matter of taste; nothing uses/needs it and I think people are better
off without it (by default), but if you insist I can't object to that too much
either.


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