Re: Patch [4/4] intel scu ipc

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On Fri, 28 May 2010 14:50:59 +0100
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 02:14:06PM +0530, Ds, Sreedhara wrote:
> > Subject: [PATCH] Remove indirect read write api support.
> >  Firmware nolonger support these api, security issue
> 
> What security issues?

It's just stuff that is gone, didn't work out internally. No driver
will use those methods, no public firmware will support them. Dead code
might be a better description.

It's not security in a Linux sense.

Alan
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