From: sam@rfc1149.net (Samuel Tardieu)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org
Subject: [lm-sensors] [RFC-patch 0/3] SuperIO locks coordinator
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:11:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k6402e8a.fsf_-_@willow.rfc1149.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4508FF2F.5020504@gmail.com
>>>>> "Jim" = Jim Cromie <jim.cromie at gmail.com> writes:
Jim> The module does *not* guarantee anything, it offers no protection
Jim> against rogue (existing) modules which dont use the superio-locks
Jim> coordinator. (is anti-rogue protection even possible? Perhaps,
Jim> IFF modules reserve the 2 superio addresses - semi-rogue?)
I don't think we can prevent bad things from happening if someone
doesn't play the game and uses the device using IO ports directly on a
SMP.
Sam
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Samuel Tardieu -- sam at rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/
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From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org
Subject: Re: [RFC-patch 0/3] SuperIO locks coordinator
Date: 19 Sep 2006 15:11:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k6402e8a.fsf_-_@willow.rfc1149.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4508FF2F.5020504@gmail.com
>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> writes:
Jim> The module does *not* guarantee anything, it offers no protection
Jim> against rogue (existing) modules which dont use the superio-locks
Jim> coordinator. (is anti-rogue protection even possible? Perhaps,
Jim> IFF modules reserve the 2 superio addresses - semi-rogue?)
I don't think we can prevent bad things from happening if someone
doesn't play the game and uses the device using IO ports directly on a
SMP.
Sam
--
Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-19 13:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-06 10:29 [PATCH] watchdog: add support for w83697hg chip Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-06 11:14 ` Pádraig Brady
2006-09-06 11:29 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-06 11:49 ` Pádraig Brady
2006-09-06 12:07 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-06 12:48 ` Pádraig Brady
2006-09-06 19:41 ` Wim Van Sebroeck
2006-09-07 9:57 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-07 13:24 ` Pádraig Brady
2006-09-07 16:44 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-08 9:16 ` Pádraig Brady
2006-09-08 9:49 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-07 17:26 ` Jim Cromie
2006-09-07 18:06 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-08 12:22 ` Jean Delvare
2006-09-09 15:25 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-09 15:18 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-09 15:33 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-09 15:58 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-09 15:38 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-09 16:28 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-09 21:49 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2006-09-09 22:11 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-09 22:27 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2006-09-09 18:02 ` [lm-sensors] " Sergey Vlasov
2006-09-09 18:02 ` Sergey Vlasov
2006-09-09 18:35 ` [lm-sensors] " Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-09 18:35 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-11 5:50 ` [lm-sensors] " Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-09-11 5:50 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-09-13 19:15 ` Wim Van Sebroeck
2006-09-14 7:15 ` Wim Van Sebroeck
2006-09-14 7:05 ` [lm-sensors] [RFC-patch 0/3] SuperIO locks coordinator (was: Jim Cromie
2006-09-14 7:05 ` [RFC-patch 0/3] SuperIO locks coordinator (was: watchdog: add support for w83697hg chip) Jim Cromie
2006-09-14 7:13 ` [lm-sensors] [RFC-patch 1/3] SuperIO locks coordinator Jim Cromie
2006-09-14 7:13 ` Jim Cromie
2006-09-17 17:23 ` [lm-sensors] " Randy.Dunlap
2006-09-17 17:23 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-09-14 7:16 ` [lm-sensors] [RFC-patch 2/3] " Jim Cromie
2006-09-14 7:16 ` Jim Cromie
2006-09-14 7:20 ` [lm-sensors] [RFC-patch 3/3] SuperIO locks coordinator - use in Jim Cromie
2006-09-14 7:20 ` [RFC-patch 3/3] SuperIO locks coordinator - use in pc8736x_gpio Jim Cromie
2006-09-26 4:33 ` [lm-sensors] [RFC-patch 3/3] SuperIO locks coordinator - use in David Hubbard
2006-09-26 14:12 ` Jim Cromie
2006-09-14 21:58 ` [lm-sensors] [RFC-patch 0/3] SuperIO locks coordinator Jim Cromie
2006-09-14 21:58 ` Jim Cromie
2006-09-15 0:53 ` [lm-sensors] " David Hubbard
2006-09-15 7:23 ` Jim Cromie
2006-09-15 18:18 ` David Hubbard
2006-09-16 17:17 ` Jim Cromie
2006-09-16 17:17 ` Jim Cromie
2006-09-19 13:11 ` Samuel Tardieu [this message]
2006-09-19 13:11 ` Samuel Tardieu
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