Commit 16104b55 authored by Stefan Richter's avatar Stefan Richter Committed by Linus Torvalds
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x86: fix CONFIG_NONPROMISC_DEVMEM prompt and help text 



Here is an attempt to translate the prompt and help text into something
which is legible and, as a bonus, correct.

Signed-off-by: default avatarStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 609a70ac

arch/x86/Kconfig.debug

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@@ -6,15 +6,19 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT 
source "lib/Kconfig.debug"



config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM

	bool "Disable promiscuous /dev/mem"

	bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"

	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.

	  If this option is left off, you allow userspace 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.



	  If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file 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.



	  If in doubt, say Y.



config EARLY_PRINTK

	bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED