Re: [PATCH] Fix mmap_kmem (was: [question] What's the difference between /dev/kmem and /dev/mem)

Linus Torvalds
2005-08-13T16:56:44Z

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> >
> > So I'd be perfectly happy to fix this, but I'd be even happier if we made
> > the whole kmem thing a config variable (maybe even default it to "off").
>
> attached is a simple patch that does exactly this...

Well, you should have fixed the bug that Steven had at the same time. Now
his patch won't even apply any more, I suspect ;)

Linus