Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-29,: Re: IF only........g

# Re: IF only........g

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 22 Jul 2000 14:28:11 +0100 (BST)

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> STANDBY/SLEEP/STANDBY/SLEEP which would almost definitely overheat the
> drive ...). This disables all raw commands to IDE drives if CAP_RAWIO
> isn't present.

That is the correct intent of CAP_SYS_RAWIO. This IMHO is the right solution.
On a box with no rawio you cannot do /dev/mem or port stuff either

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