Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 12:42:26 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
       "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
       Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change default for STRICT_DEVMEM
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* 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.
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/Kconfig.debug |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

no. This is a special case: due to compatibility we default to N, but 
still we recommend people/distros to enable it. Eventually we can 
switch around the default in the future, but not yet.

	Ingo
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