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Date:      Sun, 18 Jan 1998 13:22:55 -0800
From:      Paul Traina <pst@juniper.net>
To:        Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: isdisk() kludge in kernel 
Message-ID:  <199801182122.NAA08288@red.juniper.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 17 Jan 1998 15:56:03 PST." <199801172356.PAA18827@kithrup.com> 

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In message <199801172356.PAA18827@kithrup.com>, Sean Eric Fagan writes:
> In article <199801172038.MAA24817.kithrup.freebsd.hackers@red.juniper.net> yo
> u write:
> >I'd like to propose changing spec_open to simply NEVER allowing the open of
> >a block device, or character device, if a character device has a block
> >device associated with it and eliminate isdisk() in kern_conf entirely.
> >
> >Objections?  (p.s. I found this in 2.2.5, haven't checked 3.0 yet to see if
> >it was fixed, if it was, sorry for bothering you).
> 
> The comment seems to indicate what *should* be done -- namely, the driver
> should be asked whether it's a disk or not.
> 
> Sean.


Yes, but can you think of ANY block device that you would want to be allowed
open once secureleve > 2?

I think the distinction is moot.



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