Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753100AbYBLFBh (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:01:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751295AbYBLFB1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:01:27 -0500 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:59189 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750928AbYBLFB1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:01:27 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:59:14 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: jengelh@computergmbh.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, davej@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option Message-Id: <20080211205914.f357d179.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20080211200329.2b272759@laptopd505.fenrus.org> References: <20080210155534.17fc6e5e@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20080210170509.36999240@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20080211143804.76f9743f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080211200329.2b272759@laptopd505.fenrus.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 726 Lines: 17 On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:03:29 -0800 Arjan van de Ven 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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/