From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [RFC] let mortals use ethtool Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:13:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20060928.151358.01288837.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20060928122514.112a19a8@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> <1159474625.3741.6.camel@rh4> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: shemminger@osdl.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:51163 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030277AbWI1WNz (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:13:55 -0400 To: mchan@broadcom.com In-Reply-To: <1159474625.3741.6.camel@rh4> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: "Michael Chan" Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:17:04 -0700 > I'm against letting normal users do ETHTOOL_GREGS and ETHTOOL_PHYS_ID. > Dumping 64K worth of registers and blinking the LEDs should be > restricted. But I have no problem doing these checks in the driver if > necessary. Ok I removed PHYS_ID and GREGS from the allowed list. Any others?