Re: [PATCH] Change default for STRICT_DEVMEM

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Nov 08 2008 - 06:42:51 EST



* Matt LaPlante <kernel1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The recommendation for STRICT_DEVMEM is to select Y,
> however the option currently defaults to N. Have the option
> default to Y since it is recommended.
>
> ---
> arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 1 +
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

no. This is a special case: due to compatibility we default to N, but
still we recommend people/distros to enable it. Eventually we can
switch around the default in the future, but not yet.

Ingo
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