Re: [PATCH] 2.5.6 IDE 19, return of taskfile

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Date: Wed Mar 13 2002 - 07:55:07 EST

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Hi!

> > Umm... By what magic? The entire interface _is_ root-only, isn't it?
> > And root can do a lot of fun stuff, starting with editing the kernel
> > image...
>
> No argument there.
>
> Do we want to assume all raw commands are CAP_SYS_RAWIO or break them down
> a bit ?

As noone seriously uses capabiities, anyway, I guess CAP_SYS_RAWIO for all
is ok.

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