[TRIVIAL] Warn users about machines with non-working WP bit

From: Rusty Trivial Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Date: Mon Aug 05 2002 - 22:49:40 EST

[ Truth in advertising? ]

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 

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