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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index 610aaecc19f..0c1890c4127 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT source "lib/Kconfig.debug" +config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM + bool "Disable promiscuous /dev/mem" + default y + 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. + config EARLY_PRINTK bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED default y |