From: Linus Torvalds Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:04:08 +0000 (-0700) Subject: x86: Fix help message for STRICT_DEVMEM config option X-Git-Tag: v2.6.27-rc1~950 X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f2d0f1dea41fd6c7a347e71b505a155096643517;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 x86: Fix help message for STRICT_DEVMEM config option The message talked about "left on" when it meant to say disabled. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index 85a87d2..092f019 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source "lib/Kconfig.debug" config STRICT_DEVMEM bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" help - If this option is left on, you allow userspace (root) access to all + If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) 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. Note that with PAT support