Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mdio: Add netlink interface

[Andrew Lunn]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 12:23:07PM +0100, Michael Walle wrote:
> > To prevent userspace phy drivers, writes are disabled by default, and can
> > only be enabled by editing the source.
> 
> Maybe we can just taint the kernel using add_taint()? I'm not sure if
> that will prevent vendors writing user space drivers. Thoughts?

I was thinking about taint as well. But keep the same code structure,
you need to edit it to enable write.

    Andrew