On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I'm actually more inclined to try to deprecate /dev/kmem.. I don't think > anybody has ever really used it except for some rootkits. It only exists > in the first place because it's historical. > > We do need to support /dev/mem for X, but even that might go away some > day. > > 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"). >
I don't mind it as a config option, but please don't deprecate it. I use it a lot (actually I've been using /dev/mem until now, that kmem seems better) for debug tools that I write. That is, user land programs to monitor various parts of the kernel. Thanks, -- Steve - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/