On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:25:07 -0500 Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Some BIOS writer probably thought that was a good idea, but maybe not > > for Linus. > > er, s/Linus/Linux/ It probably is a good idea - if issued validly to supporting devices. It stops attackers passwording your disk for amusement. Is there a reason we give up when a command supplied by ACPI fails rather than carrying on - which from the above is I assume what xp does ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
