drivers: char: mem: Make /dev/mem an optional device
Adds Kconfig option CONFIG_DEVMEM that allows the
/dev/mem device to be disabled.
Option defaults to /dev/mem enabled.
Signed-off-by: Rob Ward <robert.ward114@googlemail.com>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index efefd12..a4af822 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
source "drivers/tty/Kconfig"
+config DEVMEM
+ bool "/dev/mem virtual device support"
+ default y
+ 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.
+ When in doubt, say "Y".
+
config DEVKMEM
bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support"
default y