From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Cox Subject: Re: Patch [4/4] intel scu ipc Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 17:24:04 +0100 Message-ID: <20100528172404.267674c3@linux.intel.com> References: <0AE3E14D83C76F4994657326177D1FF9042CE9F4A6@bgsmsx501.gar.corp.intel.com> <20100528135059.GC25798@srcf.ucam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mga06.intel.com ([134.134.136.21]:32214 "EHLO orsmga101.jf.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754843Ab0E1RJP (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2010 13:09:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100528135059.GC25798@srcf.ucam.org> Sender: platform-driver-x86-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Matthew Garrett Cc: "Ds, Sreedhara" , "platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org" , "x86@kernel.org" On Fri, 28 May 2010 14:50:59 +0100 Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 02:14:06PM +0530, Ds, Sreedhara wrote: > > Subject: [PATCH] Remove indirect read write api support. > > Firmware nolonger support these api, security issue > > What security issues? It's just stuff that is gone, didn't work out internally. No driver will use those methods, no public firmware will support them. Dead code might be a better description. It's not security in a Linux sense. Alan