x86: Fix help message for STRICT_DEVMEM config option

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kernel os linux

The message talked about "left on" when it meant to say disabled.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Linus Torvalds 17 years ago f2d0f1de 3488007a

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Kconfig.debug

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arch/x86/Kconfig.debug

··· 8 8 config STRICT_DEVMEM 9 9 bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" 10 10 help 11 - If this option is left on, you allow userspace (root) access to all 11 + If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all 12 12 of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental 13 13 access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can 14 14 be used by people debugging the kernel. Note that with PAT support