Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Rusty Trivial Russell <> | Subject | [TRIVIAL] Warn users about machines with non-working WP bit | Date | Tue, 06 Aug 2002 13:49:40 +1000 |
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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Hi!
This might be good idea, as those machines are not safe for multiuser systems.
--- trivial-2.5.30/arch/i386/mm/init.c.orig 2002-08-06 13:18:12.000000000 +1000 +++ trivial-2.5.30/arch/i386/mm/init.c 2002-08-06 13:18:12.000000000 +1000 @@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ local_flush_tlb(); if (!boot_cpu_data.wp_works_ok) { - printk("No.\n"); + printk("No (that's security hole).\n"); #ifdef CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK panic("This kernel doesn't support CPU's with broken WP. Recompile it for a 386!"); #endif -- Don't blame me: the Monkey is driving - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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