Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Mar 2002 21:49:08 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [patch] My AMD IDE driver, v2.7 |
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Alan Cox wrote:
>>Linus, would it be acceptable to you to include an -optional- filter for >>ATA commands? There is definitely a segment of users that would like to >>firewall their devices, and I think (as crazy as it may sound) that >>notion is a valid one. >> > >Jeff -I like the idea of the filters - but if the ATA command raw stuff >is CAP_SYS_RAWIO then its the same right set as inb/outb. Beyond that >its a job for the NSA and RSBAC stuff ? > Yeah, you can still bit-bang with the current implementation, on that capability. Couldn't that be cured with s/CAP_SYS_RAWIO/some new CAP_DEVICE_CMD/ for the raw device command interface?
The current implementation needs to be changed anyway :) From "ATA raw command" to "device raw command" at the very least.
Jeff
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