Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 13:37:00 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha mem.c src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC src/sys/alpha/include memdev.h src/sys/amd64/amd64 io.c mem.c src/sys/amd64/conf GENERIC NOTES src/sys/amd64/include iodev.h memdev.h src/sys/conf NOTES files files.alpha files.amd64 ... Message-ID: <xzpy8kxai03.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <200408011140.i71BesOt070889@repoman.freebsd.org> (Mark Murray's message of "Sun, 1 Aug 2004 11:40:54 %2B0000 (UTC)") References: <200408011140.i71BesOt070889@repoman.freebsd.org>
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Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Log: > Break out the MI part of the /dev/[k]mem and /dev/io drivers into > their own directory and module, leaving the MD parts in the MD > area (the MD parts _are_ part of the modules). /dev/mem and /dev/io > are now loadable modules, thus taking us one step further towards > a kernel created entirely out of modules. Of course, there is nothing > preventing the kernel from having these statically compiled. The other good news of course is that it is now possible to build a kernel that does not have /dev/mem and /dev/io - that's pretty significant from a security point of view. Thanks! DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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