Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
>
>>>(Telling me to rely on dmidecode already being installed SUID is not
>>>a good answer either. No prizes for figuring out why.)
>>>
>>Well you can't rely on the kernel having the modification either.
>>
>
> If /proc/dmi were to go in soon, at least I *could* rely on it in 2.6.
>
If in rc.sysinit a call to "dmidecode > /var/run/dmi" were to go in the
user space 2.6 kernel build dependancies in Documentation/Changes,
you'll be on the same level.
-
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/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Mon Jan 07 2002 - 21:00:19 EST