From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964842AbdACOfO (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2017 09:35:14 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:38166 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964796AbdACOeh (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2017 09:34:37 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 15:34:59 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Max Bires Cc: arnd@arndb.de, josh@joshtriplett.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, geert@linux-m68k.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Without a bool string present, using "# CONFIG_DEVPORT is not set" in defconfig files would not actually unset devport. This esnured that /dev/port was always on, but there are reasons a user may wish to disable it (smaller kernel, attack surface reduction) if it's not being used. Adding a message here in order to make this user visible. Message-ID: <20170103143459.GA23654@kroah.com> References: <1481675545-84255-1-git-send-email-jbires@google.com> <1483453593-67987-1-git-send-email-jbires@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1483453593-67987-1-git-send-email-jbires@google.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 06:26:33AM -0800, Max Bires wrote: > Signed-off-by: Max Bires > Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann > --- > drivers/char/Kconfig | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Odd subject line :(