Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: ANNOUNCE: /dev/bios - flash rom bios driver | Date | Wed, 11 Feb 1998 16:48:22 +0000 (GMT) |
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> I can see that. But since writing the BIOS is so seldom useful, and > is almost always dangerous, limiting the device interface to reading > and requiring an ioctl for writing should be adequate.
Good reason to make it a module only interface nobody loads by default.
Still its a good source reference for writing win95 bios erasing viruses. Im suprised its so simple on these boxes.
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