Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:25:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:24:10 -0500 Received: from dsl254-112-233.nyc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.254.112.233]:10116 "EHLO snark.thyrsus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:22:54 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:09:26 -0500 From: "Eric S. Raymond" To: Alan Cox Cc: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? Message-ID: <20020102180926.B21788@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com Mail-Followup-To: "Eric S. Raymond" , Alan Cox , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel List In-Reply-To: <20020102173419.A21165@thyrsus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 11:09:49PM +0000 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox : > Of course it isnt. cat /proc/dmi executes kernel mode code which is totally > priviledged. /sbin/dmidecode executes slightly priviledged code which will > core dump not crash the box if it misparses the mapped table. You're thinking inside-out again. Sigh...user privileges. *User* privileges! -- Eric S. Raymond .. a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any particular individual citizen... -- Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. App.181) - 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/