Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Mar 2002 21:34:19 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [patch] My AMD IDE driver, v2.7 |
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Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >>You have convinced me that unconditional filtering is bad. But I still >>think people should be provided the option to filter if they so desire. >> > >Hey, choice is always good, except if it adds complexity. > >The problem with conditional filtering is that either it is a boot (or >compile time) option, or it is a dynamic filter. > heh, I couldn't have given a better argument against a dynamic filter.
I was actually assuming the filter would be a compile-time option, for security's sake. Boot-time option works too.
So, it sounds like you could be sold on an fixed-at-compile-time filter that can be disabled at boot :) I know you don't like fixed-at-compile-time as you mentioned, but it's my argument there is a class of users that definitely do. MandrakeSoft would likely enable the filter in the "secure" kernel and disable it in the "normal" kernel, for example.
Jeff
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