Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753137AbYKGXUu (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2008 18:20:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751415AbYKGXUm (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2008 18:20:42 -0500 Received: from mail.cyberdogtech.com ([64.22.125.39]:40441 "EHLO mail.cyberdogtech.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751065AbYKGXUl (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2008 18:20:41 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:20:33 -0600 From: Matt LaPlante To: Alan Cox Cc: Matt LaPlante , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, trivial@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change default for STRICT_DEVMEM Message-Id: <20081107172033.a8df8eed.kernel@cyberdogtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20081107220038.50345845@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> References: <1226089116-7700-1-git-send-email-kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> <20081107220038.50345845@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i686-pc-mingw32) 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: 769 Lines: 22 On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 22:00:38 +0000 Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 14:18:36 -0600 > Matt LaPlante wrote: > > > The recommendation for STRICT_DEVMEM is to select Y, > > however the option currently defaults to N. Have the option > > default to Y since it is recommended. > > The recommendation is extremely dubious as it breaks a lot of back > compatibility. > Revert the default and toggle the recommendation then? -- Matt LaPlante -- 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/