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Date:      Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:38:40 -0500 (EST)
From:      Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
To:        Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@TheWorld.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel option USER_LDT issues in -stable
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.1020122163448.13337A-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <200201222110.QAA9516725@shell.TheWorld.com>

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On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Are there any issues (security, reliablity, performance, etc.)
> with regard to the USER_LDT kernel option in -stable?  Since
> this appears to be defined by default in -current, why is this
> not the case with -stable?

I can see it being required in -current soon as threadsNG
is going to need it.  I don't see the harm in making it
default in -stable, but I can't address any security concerns
(if there are any).

-- 
Dan Eischen

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