From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 28 23:55:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62D9D106564A for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:55:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from vps1.elischer.org (vps1.elischer.org [204.109.63.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 371D78FC13 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:55:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (home-nat.elischer.org [67.100.89.137]) (authenticated bits=0) by vps1.elischer.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p9SNtUXq073309 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:55:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4EAB40EE.1080309@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:55:26 -0700 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Thunderbird/3.1.15 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)" References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, mj@feral.com Subject: Re: Adding disk firmware programming capability to camcontrol X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:55:44 -0000 On 10/28/11 3:43 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX) wrote: >> The linux hdparm program is so paranoid about this that you have to use >> extra arguments like "--yes-really-destroy-my-disk-drive" to do this. > I concur. Loudly. The ability to brick your hardware is just too > large to not make people go through the "I tell you three times" > dance. It's not like people will do this often enough that the > pain will be fatal. And if it is, they ought to be bright enough to > know how to automate the process. Camcontrol is used pretty much exclusively by people who should understand the risks. and you have to be root. Unix's job is to reliably and efficiently deliver the bullet to your foot should you so desire. Put in some of these safety belts and add it I think.. > --lyndon > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >