Hi Hans, Mark, On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:06:10 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote: > No 2.6.23 is fine. No worries, they should have named the thread > CONFIG_SHOOT_MYSELF_IN_THE_FOOT. Agreed. > This patch is just a layer of security to > prevent people doing stupid things. I only wrote the patch because some people > thought it would be a good idea to prevent people from doing stupid things with > regards to medling with the kernel, however when you enter into that realm > there is really no end of stupid things one can do, so I wonder how wise it is > to try and protect people against themselves. I don't consider loading a kernel driver to be a "stupid thing". And even if you think it is, well, people sometimes do that. I can remember several posts to the lm-sensors list in the past few years, starting with "I tried to load all the drivers, but without success." Given that the abituguru accesses I/O ports without requesting them, and has a relatively weak detection, I believe it is fair to make sure it won't load on boards where it has no chance to be useful. Thanks, -- Jean Delvare
