| Message ID | 20161217140405.29184-1-hauke@hauke-m.de |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Headers | show |
On 17/12/2016 15:04, Hauke Mehrtens wrote: > These options are needed to create /dev/mem or /dev/kmem . > /dev/mem is needed by the io tool to access raw hardware memory, which > is helpful when debugging and developing drivers. > > Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> Acked-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org> > --- > config/Config-kernel.in | 14 ++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in > index 3c69c86..3f30013 100644 > --- a/config/Config-kernel.in > +++ b/config/Config-kernel.in > @@ -745,3 +745,17 @@ menu "Filesystem ACL and attr support options" > default y if USE_FS_ACL_ATTR > > endmenu > + > +config KERNEL_DEVMEM > + bool "/dev/mem virtual device support" > + help > + Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/mem device. > + The /dev/mem device is used to access areas of physical > + memory. > + > +config KERNEL_DEVKMEM > + bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support" > + help > + Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The > + /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain > + kind of kernel debugging operations. >
diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in index 3c69c86..3f30013 100644 --- a/config/Config-kernel.in +++ b/config/Config-kernel.in @@ -745,3 +745,17 @@ menu "Filesystem ACL and attr support options" default y if USE_FS_ACL_ATTR endmenu + +config KERNEL_DEVMEM + bool "/dev/mem virtual device support" + help + Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/mem device. + The /dev/mem device is used to access areas of physical + memory. + +config KERNEL_DEVKMEM + bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support" + help + Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The + /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain + kind of kernel debugging operations.
These options are needed to create /dev/mem or /dev/kmem . /dev/mem is needed by the io tool to access raw hardware memory, which is helpful when debugging and developing drivers. Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> --- config/Config-kernel.in | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)