Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759969AbYBLFR3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:17:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753659AbYBLFRJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:17:09 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:34646 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753128AbYBLFRH (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:17:07 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:16:53 -0800 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Andrew Morton 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: <20080211211653.301ab24d@laptopd505.fenrus.org> In-Reply-To: <20080211205914.f357d179.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <20080210155534.17fc6e5e@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20080210170509.36999240@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20080211143804.76f9743f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080211200329.2b272759@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20080211205914.f357d179.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.12.5; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1173 Lines: 33 On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:59:14 -0800 Andrew Morton wrote: > 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. 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. -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@linux.intel.com For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- 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/