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authorStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2008-06-05 22:47:13 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-06-05 14:21:45 -0700
commit16104b5504fa8be130f7f127a5a1c7dd774efc44 (patch)
tree78e7aa946b9144302324d4e1ab20dab36b1a488d /arch/x86
parent609a70ac927b72da647ccee7873d928d45055eae (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.debug20
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