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    SubjectRe: Turn CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM in sysctl dev.mem.restricted
    * Arjan van de Ven [2008-11-16 07:39]:
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    > On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:47:45 +0100
    > Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> wrote:
    >
    > > While the original submission of CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM mentions that
    > > the option has been in RHEL and Fedora for 4 years without problems,
    > > that's only a half of the story. The truth is that at least RHEL
    > > has /dev/crash exactly to circumvent that /dev/mem restriction. Don't
    > > tell me that this is better than having that sysctl entry. ;-)
    >
    > I assume /dev/crash is read only

    I don't know. But if that matters, why can't we make /dev/mem
    write-only for certain areas and read-only for the rest ...?

    > You either want this at compile time or you don't want it at all.

    Why? You don't write something about my arguments (as Alan does, even
    though I disagree), you only write that you "nak" it.



    Regards,
    Bernhard


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