Messages in this thread | | | From | Samuel Tardieu <> | Subject | Re: [RFC-patch 0/3] SuperIO locks coordinator | Date | 19 Sep 2006 15:11:17 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> writes:
Jim> The module does *not* guarantee anything, it offers no protection Jim> against rogue (existing) modules which dont use the superio-locks Jim> coordinator. (is anti-rogue protection even possible? Perhaps, Jim> IFF modules reserve the 2 superio addresses - semi-rogue?)
I don't think we can prevent bad things from happening if someone doesn't play the game and uses the device using IO ports directly on a SMP.
Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/
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