Re: cpuctl(formely devcpu) patch test request

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:12:29 +0000
In message <20080606020927.8d6675e1.stas_at_FreeBSD.org>, Stanislav Sedov writes:

>The updated patch is available at
>http://www.springdaemons.com/stas/cpuctl.2.diff

Have we fully thought though the potential for halt&catch_fire ?

Would it make sense to have a more granular security model than 
the simple device-node access based "are you root?" test ?

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