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| author | Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> | 2008-04-29 00:58:34 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-04-29 08:05:59 -0700 |
| commit | b781ecb6a379f155568ef7093e38c6c1d857fe53 (patch) | |
| tree | eeba2401cfd0345647f3a8feec3a76d6be5dd3aa /drivers/char/Kconfig | |
| parent | 0cddc0a906ee3e47ce3e09107d385ff89f87cd6d (diff) | |
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make /dev/kmem a config option
Make /dev/kmem a config option; /dev/kmem is VERY rarely used, and when
used, it's generally for no good (rootkits tend to be the most common
users). With this config option, users have the choice to disable
/dev/kmem, saving some size as well.
A patch to disable /dev/kmem has been in the Fedora and RHEL kernels for
4+ years now without any known problems or legit users of /dev/kmem.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: make CONFIG_DEVKMEM default to y]
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/Kconfig | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig index 929d4fa73fd..5dce3877eee 100644 --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig @@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>. +config DEVKMEM + bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support" + default y + 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". + config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD bool "Non-standard serial port support" depends on HAS_IOMEM |