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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.6 IDE 19, return of taskfile
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Hi!

> > Umm...  By what magic?  The entire interface _is_ root-only, isn't it?
> > And root can do a lot of fun stuff, starting with editing the kernel
> > image...
> 
> No argument there.
> 
> Do we want to assume all raw commands are CAP_SYS_RAWIO or break them down
> a bit ?

As noone seriously uses capabiities, anyway, I guess CAP_SYS_RAWIO for all
is ok.

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