linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: EuroBraille/Iris power off

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Date:	Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:16:12 +0200
From:	Shérab <Sebastien.Hinderer@...-lyon.org>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	Samuel Thibault <Samuel.Thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: EuroBraille/Iris power off

Hi,

Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu (2010/09/13 21:45 -0400):
> I'm agreeing that if iris_init() checks that the user passed 'irisinit.force=1'
> on the command line or as a module parameter, and bailed immediately if it
> wasn't passed, then doing the inb() and testing it should be safe enough. Doing
> stuff that's only known safe on an Iris is no great sin if the user has said
> "Yes, you're on a Iris" - at that point it's the user's fault.

Fine. I'd be happy to submit another patch where the module takes a
force argument if that's okay to you guys.

Shérab.
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