On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 09:38:32AM +0100, Laurent Bonnaud wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Severity: wishlist > > > Hi, > > in unofficial linux kernels from > http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel (but that will > become official as soon as they are uploaded into sid), the > STRICT_DEVMEM option is not set: > > $ grep STRICT_DEVMEM /boot/config-2.6.* > /boot/config-2.6.27-1-686:# CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is not set > /boot/config-2.6.28-1-686:# CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is not set > > According to http://lwn.net/Articles/308426/ it might be a good idea to > enable this option in order to prevent user space programs to > accidentally corrupt memory allocated by drivers, with possible negative > consequences such as file system corruption or even hardware damage > (e1000e for example).
right thanks for the reminder, but that should be carefully set. no idea if lenny xorg survives this setting? -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
