* Ben Hutchings [2016-03-04 20:16:18 +0000]: > On Fri, 2016-03-04 at 11:12 +0100, Sergio Gelato wrote: > > A workaround may be to teach mcelog (and dmidecode, while we're at it) > > to use the /sys/firmware/dmi interface when available. > > As another motivating point, I plan to disable /dev/mem by default in > time for stretch.
Noted. I've filed bug #816825 against mcelog, with a simple patch to release the mapping right away and a reference to this bug and to your comment above. (The simple patch solves my immediate problem at work and should fall below the copyrightability threshold. It doesn't address the disappearance of /dev/mem; that will require more work.) libsmbios also depends on the /dev/mem interface at the moment.