On Jan 12 2007 11:32, Jeff Moyer wrote: >Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:32:11 -0500 >From: Jeff Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> >Cc: Steven Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [patch] raw: don't allow the creation of a raw device with minor > number 0 > >Hi, > >Minor number 0 (under the raw major) is reserved for the rawctl device >file, which is used to query, set, and unset raw device bindings. >However, the ioctl interface does not protect the user from specifying >a raw device with minor number 0:
No idea what to say about this... probably: What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) When: December 2005 Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 O_DIRECT can be used instead Who: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -`J' -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/