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authorArjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>2008-04-29 00:58:34 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-04-29 08:05:59 -0700
commitb781ecb6a379f155568ef7093e38c6c1d857fe53 (patch)
treeeeba2401cfd0345647f3a8feec3a76d6be5dd3aa /drivers/char/Kconfig
parent0cddc0a906ee3e47ce3e09107d385ff89f87cd6d (diff)
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>
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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