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.

From	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
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.
Date	2017-01-03 15:40 +0100
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On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 06:26:33AM -0800, Max Bires wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Max Bires <jbires@google.com>
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
>  drivers/char/Kconfig | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Odd subject line :(

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[PATCH] char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on Max <jbires@google.com> - 2016-12-14 01:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-14 02:10 +0100
    [PATCH] char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on Max <jbires@google.com> - 2016-12-14 02:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-12-14 10:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-12-14 10:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2016-12-14 11:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-01-02 21:50 +0100
  [PATCH] char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on Max Bires <jbires@google.com> - 2017-01-03 14:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-01-03 15:00 +0100
  [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. Max Bires <jbires@google.com> - 2017-01-03 15:30 +0100
    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. Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-01-03 15:40 +0100
    [PATCH] char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on Max Bires <jbires@google.com> - 2017-01-03 17:30 +0100

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