Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Nov 2008 15:05:14 -0800 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Change default for STRICT_DEVMEM |
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On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 22:00:38 +0000 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 14:18:36 -0600 > Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> 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. > > The recommendation is extremely dubious as it breaks a lot of back > compatibility. >
the default recommendatiom is a typo. It used to be an "other way around" config option, and it got flipped into a "positive" option rather than a tripple negative, but the help text didn't get fixed properly.
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