On Llu, 2005-01-24 at 22:10, Elias da Silva wrote: > This is exactly the point: if the kernel wants to be safe, the > authentication procedure should be totally implemented in the kernel > and be protected against further changes via "alternative" ways... > but it isn't now and probably won't be although it could be.
It provides the DVD_AUTH ioctls to handle this. Why are you banging raw commands at hardware when there is an abstraction for it ? Someone did actually have a demo of a small fs that allowed you to fiddle with the status but possibly the code could get smarter for "exclusive user of media". I'm not sure if that is worth it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
