From: Lionel Bouton <Lionel.Bouton@free.fr>
To: esr@thyrsus.com
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 00:23:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C339681.3080100@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C338DCC.3020707@free.fr> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0201022349200.427-100000@Appserv.suse.de> <20020102174824.A21408@thyrsus.com>
Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> [...]
> The person running the autoconfigurator is not and should not be doing so
> as root. Requiring the person to stop and sun sudo just so the
> autoconfigurator can proceed is exactly the sort of pointless
> obstacle we should *not* be putting in front of users!
>
> (Telling me to rely on dmidecode already being installed SUID is not
> a good answer either. No prizes for figuring out why.)
>
> Ay caramba...please guys, try get your heads out of the internals
> and start thinking from the *useability* angle for once!
>
Eric I see your point now. But stop me if I don't get the idea behind
your autoconfigurator :
Guessing the hardware configuration is done in order to ease the whole
configuration process. After polishing the configuration - no need for
root priviledge - the user start the build process that doesn't need
root priviledge either.
But when the user gets the resulting kernel how does (s)he avoid suing
to root in order to *install* it and its modules ?
I'm not familiar with people configuring and compiling kernels for
pleasure. They usually want to boot it...
Your whole point here is not to avoid several su instead of 1?
LB.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-02 23:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 187+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-02 20:15 ISA slot detection on PCI systems? Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 20:45 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-01-02 20:46 ` Brian Gerst
2002-01-02 20:59 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 20:46 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 21:13 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 21:19 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 21:04 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 22:34 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 9:26 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-03 8:44 ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-01-03 12:46 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-04 15:04 ` Kai Henningsen
2002-01-02 21:00 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 21:23 ` Bill Nottingham
2002-01-02 21:13 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 21:31 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 21:30 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 21:48 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 21:47 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 22:12 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 22:08 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 22:39 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 22:24 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 22:50 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 22:34 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 23:09 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 23:09 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 23:52 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 23:56 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-03 0:00 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 0:37 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-03 0:58 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 13:35 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-03 13:46 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 16:42 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-03 18:06 ` Alex
2002-01-03 18:16 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-03 18:22 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-01-03 22:26 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 22:20 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-01-03 22:31 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 18:41 ` Gábor Lénárt
2002-01-03 22:24 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-07 21:56 ` Mark H. Wood
2002-01-03 13:10 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-02 22:53 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-02 23:16 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 23:31 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 23:04 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-03 3:49 ` Cameron Simpson
2002-01-03 4:03 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 6:46 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-03 12:35 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 12:39 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-05 7:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-05 17:16 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2002-01-05 17:34 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-05 20:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-06 1:19 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-06 12:19 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2002-01-06 13:16 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-06 15:26 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2002-01-06 18:20 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-07 13:35 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2002-01-06 21:03 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-06 22:16 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-07 7:42 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-03 16:00 ` Cryto verification of Kernel against Trojan code?? Timothy Covell
2002-01-03 21:58 ` ISA slot detection on PCI systems? Cameron Simpson
2002-01-03 21:15 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-03 21:26 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-05 6:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-02 22:46 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-02 22:51 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 22:48 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 23:10 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 2:10 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 2:44 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 3:03 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 3:26 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 3:18 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 3:36 ` Brian Gerst
2002-01-03 3:35 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 4:15 ` Brian Gerst
2002-01-03 4:15 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 4:27 ` Brian Gerst
2002-01-03 4:30 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 3:39 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 3:34 ` Brian Gerst
2002-01-03 14:37 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-04 7:09 ` [OT] " Paul Duncan
2002-01-03 11:25 ` Henrik Hovi
2002-01-05 7:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-03 14:31 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-03 15:00 ` Jesse Pollard
2002-01-03 15:15 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-01-04 15:30 ` Kai Henningsen
2002-01-03 5:30 ` Andrew Morton
2002-01-03 5:42 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-01-03 5:55 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-03 5:46 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 9:14 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-03 9:09 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 12:14 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 12:34 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-04 18:28 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-04 19:04 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-04 19:05 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-04 19:21 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-04 19:41 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-04 20:09 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-08 12:52 ` Rob Landley
2002-01-04 20:19 ` David Weinehall
2002-01-04 20:30 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-04 20:36 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-05 7:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-04 20:20 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-04 20:44 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-04 19:45 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 19:50 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-04 19:54 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 20:24 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-04 20:31 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 20:33 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-04 20:56 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-04 20:57 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 20:49 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-04 21:08 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 20:59 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-04 21:18 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 21:23 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-01-05 0:13 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-04 21:17 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-04 21:04 ` Charles Cazabon
2002-01-05 17:28 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-04 19:36 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-04 19:45 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-01-04 20:08 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-03 16:52 ` Rik van Riel
2002-01-03 17:01 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 17:27 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 9:24 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-03 14:12 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-03 3:07 ` Greg Hennessy
2002-01-03 9:08 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-03 9:03 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 12:20 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 12:07 ` BALBIR SINGH
2002-01-03 12:40 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-03 21:44 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-03 22:17 ` David Weinehall
2002-01-04 18:41 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-03 22:36 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-04 12:10 ` Alex
2002-01-04 12:20 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 12:22 ` Alex
2002-01-04 12:30 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 12:47 ` Alex
2002-01-03 12:56 ` Urban Widmark
2002-01-03 9:19 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-03 9:12 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 9:31 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-03 10:34 ` Kai Henningsen
2002-01-03 14:42 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-04 15:39 ` Kai Henningsen
2002-01-02 23:15 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 23:07 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 23:33 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-02 23:37 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-03 2:19 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03 2:17 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-02 23:19 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-02 23:23 ` Lionel Bouton [this message]
2002-01-02 23:44 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-03 0:11 ` Lionel Bouton
2002-01-03 2:20 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-05 7:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-05 6:56 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-03 13:00 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-02 21:59 ` Mike Castle
2002-01-02 22:08 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-02 21:22 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-02 21:28 ` Christian Koenig
2002-01-02 22:04 ` Timothy Covell
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-01-04 9:56 Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2002-01-04 10:29 ` Alan Cox
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