Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: HW access allowed ? | Date | 3 Apr 1998 10:49:53 GMT |
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Followup to: <01IVFGZ8UXAA0001QO@rcum.uni-mb.si> By author: DAVID BALAZIC <david.balazic@uni-mb.si> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > So Linux allows userland programs to access the hardware directly ? > > And I thought it is a _real_ O.S. ... :-) >
Only if run as root. It is quite a reasonable thing for a real OS to allow *in a controlled fashion*. Doesn't mean it should be used indiscriminately, of course.
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