From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean Delvare Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: (asus_atk0110) Don't load if ACPI resources aren't enforced Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:25:00 +0200 Message-ID: <20100331152500.4b2ef6a0@hyperion.delvare> References: <20100309135636.373a40a9@hyperion.delvare> <20100330120319.627e8f9a@hyperion.delvare> <20100330132132.GA16657@srcf.ucam.org> <20100330214732.42f488ba@hyperion.delvare> <20100330194835.GA32322@srcf.ucam.org> <20100330223251.76c6b000@hyperion.delvare> <20100330211049.GA1524@srcf.ucam.org> <68676e01003301445v1b3ee070nfc0f0b53716c4740@mail.gmail.com> <20100330215305.GA2220@srcf.ucam.org> <20100331093004.5143415f@hyperion.delvare> <20100331125122.GA16583@srcf.ucam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from bamako.nerim.net ([62.4.17.28]:53179 "EHLO bamako.nerim.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757686Ab0CaNZE (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:25:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100331125122.GA16583@srcf.ucam.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Garrett Cc: Luca Tettamanti , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Len Brown , LM Sensors On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:51:23 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 09:30:04AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > > > It definitely does. At least on some of the affected boards, no access > > to the I/O area in question is done at all as long as the asus_atk0110 > > driver is not loaded. > > You've audited the system management code? No, I did not. But you did not review the system management code of all computers out there either, and you are still writing kernel code that could be broken by it. So what's the point? -- Jean Delvare