On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 09:17:17AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > > > > I'm not sure I get what you mean there (what are these CAP_* > > > values?). > > > > Different capability permission values. Look in > > include/linux/capability.h for more information. It's more fine > > grained than just "root". > > > > Hope this helps, > > Not really. Looks complicated ;) and it seems these are capabilities you > give to a user/process, not to a file. I just don't want to dive into > this for something that "simple". Why? Just check for CAP_SYS_ADMIN if the Vaio is detected. If that succeeds, then give access, otherwise deny it. > Remember, the eeprom module, although widely used, is one of our least > interesting drivers. But it's fun to play with :) > And LM Sensors is useless on Sony Vaio's anyway (no sensor chips). Looks like the eeprom driver works :) > So let's play it safe, but without extra technologies involved. Do not > export the eeproms detected as Vaio's ones unless forced too. What does "forced too" mean here? thanks, greg k-h
