Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: MSR support for x86 | From | Wayne Schlitt <> | Date | 10 Mar 1997 20:07:57 -0600 |
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In <m0w4Aoa-0005FcC@lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk> alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) writes: > > > [ ... ] but that's not the point. The point is that > > some of this information can be used in surprising ways and I think we > > should be really careful what we allow general users to access. > > This all misses the point. The whole reason for /dev files with > permissions is so people can set them.
[ note: my original comments edited back in, slightly out of context ]
yes, the UNIX philosophy of "everything is a file", and can be protected as such, is A Good Thing. However, these "unexpected consequences" lead me to believe that having separate files for each of the MSR's would be better than putting them all in one file and doing seeks.
-wayne
-- Wayne Schlitt can not assert the truth of all statements in this article and still be consistent.
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