On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Stanislav Sedov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Serves me right for responding to what I thought I read vs actually reading the code then.. :) -- Peter Wemm - [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; KI6FJV "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 "If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution." -- Robert Sewell _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
