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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-21 13:04:08 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-21 13:04:08 -0700
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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 <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig.debug2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
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
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