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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> >   Log:
> >   Break out the MI part of the /dev/[k]mem and /dev/io drivers into
> >   their own directory and module, leaving the MD parts in the MD
> >   area (the MD parts _are_ part of the modules). /dev/mem and /dev/io
> >   are now loadable modules, thus taking us one step further towards
> >   a kernel created entirely out of modules. Of course, there is nothing
> >   preventing the kernel from having these statically compiled.
>=20
> The other good news of course is that it is now possible to build a
> kernel that does not have /dev/mem and /dev/io - that's pretty
> significant from a security point of view.  Thanks!

Can you please explain why it's signficant?
Thanks.
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