Re: [PATCH] Fix mmap_kmem (was: [question] What's the differencebetween /dev/kmem and /dev/mem)

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Sat Aug 13 2005 - 11:57:00 EST




On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> >
> > So I'd be perfectly happy to fix this, but I'd be even happier if we made
> > the whole kmem thing a config variable (maybe even default it to "off").
>
> attached is a simple patch that does exactly this...

Well, you should have fixed the bug that Steven had at the same time. Now
his patch won't even apply any more, I suspect ;)

Linus
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