On wo, 2016-04-20 at 13:43 -0600, Al Stone wrote:
> On 04/11/2016 02:40 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
> > config DEVPORT
> > bool
> > - depends on !M68K
> > depends on ISA || PCI
> > default y
> This solves the particular problem I was running into on an arm64 AMD Seattle
> system. Thanks!
That problem must be
lkml.kernel.org/g/1459978040-2226-1-git-send-email-a...@redhat.com . Ie,
the fact that CONFIG_DEVPORT "cannot really be used and it allows us to
crash a kernel from user space" on arm64.
> Tested-by: Al Stone <a...@redhat.com>
I fail to see how this patch helps your problem. And if one applies this
patch on top of v4.6-rc4 and does
make ARCH=arm64 defconfig
one gets a .config that still has
CONFIG_DEVPORT=y
So my guess is that it wasn't this patch that solved that arm64 problem.
Thanks,
Paul Bolle
