linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ics932s401: New driver

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Date:	Fri, 7 Nov 2008 11:50:26 -0800
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ics932s401: New driver

On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 11:31:42AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> These are nice-looking drivers and I'm inclined to slip them into
> 2.6.28, but..
> 
> On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:11:10 -0800
> "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > +/* Addresses to scan */
> > +static const unsigned short normal_i2c[] = { 0x69, I2C_CLIENT_END };
> 
> These are the sorts of drivers which must go blindly poking at
> hardwired IO addresses, aren't they?  So if someone accidentally
> compiles it up and loads it, it will reach out and fry their pr0n
> collection?

Yep.  Alas, there's not a whole lot we can do about that, other than say
"insmodder beware".  Were it a hwmon driver, we could blacklist it in
sensors-detct, but Jean already NAK'd it for hwmon.  I plan to stick to
the DMI whitelist and add a DMI blacklist if necessary.

Of course, if you're really intent upon frying (someone else's) pr0n
collection... this chip can help with that.

--D
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