From a9da1ac37ccfc29e8b29855604477a09c9b7b114 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Max Bires Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 08:18:07 -0800 Subject: char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on commit f2cfa58b136e4b06a9b9db7af5ef62fbb5992f62 upstream. 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. Signed-off-by: Max Bires Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig index dcc0973..8453a49 100644 --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig @@ -571,9 +571,12 @@ config TELCLOCK controlling the behavior of this hardware. config DEVPORT - bool + bool "/dev/port character device" depends on ISA || PCI default y + help + Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/port device. The /dev/port + device is similar to /dev/mem, but for I/O ports. source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig" -- cgit v0.10.2