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| author | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2008-07-11 14:36:25 +0100 |
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| committer | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2008-07-11 14:36:25 +0100 |
| commit | a8931ef380c92d121ae74ecfb03b2d63f72eea6f (patch) | |
| tree | 980fb6b019e11e6cb1ece55b7faff184721a8053 /arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | |
| parent | 90574d0a4d4b73308ae54a2a57a4f3f1fa98e984 (diff) | |
| parent | e5a5816f7875207cb0a0a7032e39a4686c5e10a4 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index ac1e31ba479..18363374d51 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -6,15 +6,19 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT source "lib/Kconfig.debug" config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM - bool "Disable promiscuous /dev/mem" + bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" help - The /dev/mem file by default only allows userspace access to PCI - space and the BIOS code and data regions. This is sufficient for - dosemu and X and all common users of /dev/mem. With this config - option, you allow userspace access to all of memory, including - kernel and userspace memory. Accidental access to this is - obviously disasterous, but specific access can be used by people - debugging the kernel. + If this option is left off, you allow userspace access to all + of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental + access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can + be used by people debugging the kernel. + + If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows + userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions. + This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of + /dev/mem. + + If in doubt, say Y. config EARLY_PRINTK bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED |