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

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Message-Id: <20081107113142.80d3b460.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 7 Nov 2008 11:31:42 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
Cc:	djwong@...ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ics932s401: New driver

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?

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