"Alexey Eremenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS > This feature is really important for the Virtualization software > around ! (and therefore for me) > > Why did it get removed from 10.2 ? I have heard of "security reasons", > now I don't believe this, since if it were security, it would not be > re-introduced into 10.3, so more specifically - why it was removed ?
Read bugzilla. It was indeed removed for security reasons and also because an alternative interface is available that has no security problems - but since it's not mounted by default, the admin can decide on his/her own whether this is a security concern or whether s/he needs it for VMware, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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