Re: [PATCH] add PCI ROMs to sysfs

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Nov 05 2004 - 18:24:22 EST


On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 10:20:39PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> Linus has requested that the sysfs rom attribute be changed to require
> enabling before it works. echo "0" to the attribute to disable,
> echoing anything else enables the rom output. The concern is that
> something like a file browser could inadvertently read the attribute
> and change the state of the hardware without the user's knowledge.
>
> The attached patch includes the previous patch plus the enabling logic.


Applied, thanks.

greg k-h

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