On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:21:23 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 08:19 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > > > > I was referring to the kernel patch Christian submitted earlier this > > week which prevents oopses or machine checks when older versions of > > sensors-detect access /dev/port in unexpected ways. My update to > > sensors-detect was meant as a complement of his patch, not a > > replacement. > > But his patch can't recognize a potentially valid use of /proc/port > right ? I don't know much about PPC so I can't comment on the implementation. All I'm saying is that, if it is possible at all, I believe that preventing invalid accesses from oopsing the machine is a good idea. > Christian, can you re-send me that patch ? -- Jean Delvare
