Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:47:35 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> To: eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com Cc: kwc@TheWorld.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel option USER_LDT issues in -stable Message-ID: <20020123.134735.81923011.imp@village.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1020122163448.13337A-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> References: <200201222110.QAA9516725@shell.TheWorld.com> <Pine.SUN.3.91.1020122163448.13337A-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
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Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com> writes:
: On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
: > Hello,
: >
: > Are there any issues (security, reliablity, performance, etc.)
: > with regard to the USER_LDT kernel option in -stable? Since
: > this appears to be defined by default in -current, why is this
: > not the case with -stable?
:
: I can see it being required in -current soon as threadsNG
: is going to need it. I don't see the harm in making it
: default in -stable, but I can't address any security concerns
: (if there are any).
There are no security reasons for it, afaik. Last time this came up
no one could come up with any.
And the mplayer port wants it too :-)
Warner
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