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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 10:52:47 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"Andrew Bird (Sphere Systems)" <ajb@...eresystems.co.uk>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Subject: Re: stop breaking dosemu (Re: x86/kconfig/32: Rename CONFIG_VM86 and
default it to 'n')
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net> wrote:
>> I'd be amenable to switching the default back to y and perhaps adding
>> a sysctl to make the distros more comfortable. Ingo, Kees, Brian,
>> what do you think?
>
> Can you please leave the default as N, and have a sysctl option to
> enable it instead? While dosemu might still be in use, it isn't going
> to be the common case at all. So from a distro perspective, I think
> we'd probably rather have the default match the common case.
Linus will say the default must not break existing userspace...
-Kees
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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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