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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:50:41 -0400
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:

> 1) Given current driver implementations of ethtool ioctls, sysadmin is 
> free to create a combination of bits that are IMHO a bug.  One can argue 
> that this is an extension of "root can shoot himself in the foot", so 
> who knows.

I made a followon posting proposing ethtool changes which
would enforce the rules there too, did you see it?