Re: [PATCH] user frobbable escd file can cause oops

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Sun Jul 21 2002 - 08:35:16 EST

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On Sun, 2002-07-21 at 09:29, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> patch applies to 2.4-ac but tested on 2.5.26
>
> I don't think this breaks any userland apps so If there aren't any
> objections, Alan, Linus please apply

I made the same change a few -ac patches ago, for the same reason that
some BIOSes are not safe for escd accesses

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