Package: linux-2.6 Severity: wishlist
Hi, in unofficial linux kernels from http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel (but that will become official as soon as they are uploaded into sid), the STRICT_DEVMEM option is not set: $ grep STRICT_DEVMEM /boot/config-2.6.* /boot/config-2.6.27-1-686:# CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is not set /boot/config-2.6.28-1-686:# CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is not set According to http://lwn.net/Articles/308426/ it might be a good idea to enable this option in order to prevent user space programs to accidentally corrupt memory allocated by drivers, with possible negative consequences such as file system corruption or even hardware damage (e1000e for example). -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- Laurent Bonnaud. http://www.lis.inpg.fr/pages_perso/bonnaud/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
