# Re: \[PATCH RFC 0/3\] drivers/char: remove /dev/kmem for good

- From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior \<bigeasy@linutronix.de\>
- Date: 2021-03-19 17:34:48 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2021/03/6308251
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-mm/2021/03/6307991/t.md

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On 2021-03-19 10:14:02 [-0700], Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 7:35 AM David Hildenbrand [ref] wrote:
> >
> > Let's start a discussion if /dev/kmem is worth keeping around and
> > fixing/maintaining or if we should just remove it now for good.
> 
> I'll happily do this for the next merge window, but would really want
> distros to confirm that they don't enable it.
> 
> I can confirm that it's certainly not enabled on any of the machines I
> have, but..

Debian has CONFIG_DEVKMEM disabled since 2.6.31.

>              Linus

Sebastian
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