Re: Removing firewire support from GENERIC

From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:33:09 +0100
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des_at_des.no> wrote:
> Firewire is
>
>  - a significant security risk
>  - an obstacle to functining suspend / resume on many systems
>  - rapidly becoming obsolete
>  - available as a module
>
> The attached patch removes it from GENERIC across the board.  Any
> serious objections before I commit it to head?
>
> DES

Hi DES

Would dcons over firewire still work in GENERIC, with firewire as a module?

Cheers

Tom
Received on Fri Oct 19 2012 - 12:33:10 UTC

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