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Re: Integrating securelevel and kauth(9)

From: Bill Studenmund (wrstudennetbsd.org)
Date: Sat Mar 25 2006 - 12:05:39 CST

On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:56:53AM +0200, Elad Efrat wrote:
> Bill Studenmund wrote:
>
> > So my suggestion is to make LKMs change. Include a quick description of
> > how to change them (the define you gave was good) and a mapping of what
> > you can find now (if you were interested in making sure ioctl's could
> > happen, you make this call. If you are interested in the ability to access
> > devices when others are busy, you make that call).
>
> I'll do that anyway, but the decision of requiring LKMs to change is not
> one that I can make. :) I am just suggesting possible solutions that we
> can use regardless of what we decide to do.

True, and I can't do it either. But voicing input can help make the
decision. :-)

Though if it all goes into 4.0, we will need the compat variable for at
least the 4.0 release.

Take care,

Bill

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