Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 13:46:15 +0200 From: Matteo Riondato <rionda@riondato.com> To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Cc: Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha mem.c src/sys/alpha/confmem.c memdev.h src/sys/conf NOTES files files.alpha files.amd64 ... Message-ID: <1091447175.2201.48.camel@kaiser.sig11.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpy8kxai03.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <200408011140.i71BesOt070889@repoman.freebsd.org> <xzpy8kxai03.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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--=-NFvTgzRHFpxf4Yd54VUR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > 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. >=20 > 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! Can you please explain why it's signficant? Thanks. --=20 Rionda aka Matteo Riondato GUFI Staff Member (http://www.gufi.org) BSD-FAQ-it Main Developer (http://www.gufi.org/~rionda) FreeSBIE BugMeister (http://www.freesbie.org) GPG key at: http://www.riondabsd.net/riondagpg.asc Sent from: kaiser.sig11.org running FreeBSD-5.2-CURRENT --=-NFvTgzRHFpxf4Yd54VUR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Questa parte del messaggio =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E8?= firmata -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBDimH2Mp4pR7Fa+wRAi3wAKDI8pGQbMdf0DDxNDf87q2YR1/s3QCeN8bs IBA50F6THpbSzJGSHViUUxQ= =Efhc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-NFvTgzRHFpxf4Yd54VUR--
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