Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 15:05:14 -0800
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       trivial@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change default for STRICT_DEVMEM
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On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 22:00:38 +0000
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> On Fri,  7 Nov 2008 14:18:36 -0600
> Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> 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.
> 

the default recommendatiom is a typo. It used to be an "other way
around" config option, and it got flipped into a "positive" option
rather than a tripple negative, but the help text didn't get fixed
properly.


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