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author | Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> | 2008-06-05 16:47:13 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-06-05 17:21:45 -0400 |
commit | 16104b5504fa8be130f7f127a5a1c7dd774efc44 (patch) | |
tree | 78e7aa946b9144302324d4e1ab20dab36b1a488d /arch/x86 | |
parent | 609a70ac927b72da647ccee7873d928d45055eae (diff) |
x86: fix CONFIG_NONPROMISC_DEVMEM prompt and help text
Here is an attempt to translate the prompt and help text into something
which is legible and, as a bonus, correct.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-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 ac1e31ba4795..18363374d51a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | |||
@@ -6,15 +6,19 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT | |||
6 | source "lib/Kconfig.debug" | 6 | source "lib/Kconfig.debug" |
7 | 7 | ||
8 | config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM | 8 | config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM |
9 | bool "Disable promiscuous /dev/mem" | 9 | bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" |
10 | help | 10 | help |
11 | The /dev/mem file by default only allows userspace access to PCI | 11 | If this option is left off, you allow userspace access to all |
12 | space and the BIOS code and data regions. This is sufficient for | 12 | of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental |
13 | dosemu and X and all common users of /dev/mem. With this config | 13 | access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can |
14 | option, you allow userspace access to all of memory, including | 14 | be used by people debugging the kernel. |
15 | kernel and userspace memory. Accidental access to this is | 15 | |
16 | obviously disasterous, but specific access can be used by people | 16 | If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows |
17 | debugging the kernel. | 17 | userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions. |
18 | This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of | ||
19 | /dev/mem. | ||
20 | |||
21 | If in doubt, say Y. | ||
18 | 22 | ||
19 | config EARLY_PRINTK | 23 | config EARLY_PRINTK |
20 | bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED | 24 | bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED |