Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262763AbUJ0WzC (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:55:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262766AbUJ0Wq7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:46:59 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:24992 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262763AbUJ0Wn3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:43:29 -0400 Subject: Re: My thoughts on the "new development model" From: Alan Cox To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <200410271553_MC3-1-8D4F-38E7@compuserve.com> References: <200410271553_MC3-1-8D4F-38E7@compuserve.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1098913229.7783.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:40:30 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 874 Lines: 23 On Mer, 2004-10-27 at 20:50, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 at 16:27 +0100 Alan Cox wrote: > > You missed the remote DoS attack 8( > Where? Posted to netdev along with fixes. See 2.6.9-ac1 or later > >> - i8042 fails to initialize with some boards using legacy USB > > > > This is really a BIOS issue and its not a new 2.6.9 bug its a long > > standing and messy story. > > And the patch in -ac fixes it but there is a cleaner one around > that does it more properly, right? The -ac fix handles one corner case. The right fix appears to be to always disable USB legacy. But for a small fix its mighty risky. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/