Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] drivers/char: remove /dev/kmem for good

[Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult]

On 19.03.21 18:33, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 2021-03-19 10:14:02 [-0700], Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 7:35 AM David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Let's start a discussion if /dev/kmem is worth keeping around and
> > > fixing/maintaining or if we should just remove it now for good.
> >
> > I'll happily do this for the next merge window, but would really want
> > distros to confirm that they don't enable it.
> >
> > I can confirm that it's certainly not enabled on any of the machines I
> > have, but..
>
> Debian has CONFIG_DEVKMEM disabled since 2.6.31.

SLES, too. (but no idea since when exactly)

--mtx

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