Re: Direct access to hardware

From: Andre Hedrick (andre@linux-ide.org)
Date: Mon Jul 24 2000 - 15:34:53 EST


Good but this may now be a dead issue, in the future

WE WIN See NEW POST.

On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> >
> > Or validate the commands listed in the SPEC for the default enable
> > interface, and grant unrestriced access to all command with a compile
> > option plus a sysctl flag that defaults in the off.
>
> I can live with that. The simple switch-statement that you posted as an
> alternative "minimal" approach would work for me. Preferably with an
> opt-out (sysctl-like thing).
>
> What I do NOT want to see is big re-organizations around this, especially
> considering that this is not something new. Simple.
>
> Linus
>

Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy

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