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Subject: Re: [patch] My AMD IDE driver, v2.7
To: jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com (Jeff Garzik)
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 02:57:17 +0000 (GMT)
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> Are such random vendor-specific commands really that common?

Not very

> 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 ?
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