On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:02:19 -0700
"Peter Wemm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mentioned:

> 
> I just don't think it is particularly useful to add a restriction /
> priv check for information that is available in an unprivileged
> fashion by other means.  I think the priv check should go away since
> it doesn't achieve anything.
> 

Yeah, that's why cpuctl(4) has priv checks only for wrmsr and update
features. Using this checks one can control how much to grant to the
root user.

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Stanislav Sedov
ST4096-RIPE

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