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

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Feb 12 2008 - 00:01:41 EST


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.
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