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[Oliver Eichler]

Hi Michael,

> 
> You have to have root access to access dcdbas. Unless you make the binary
> setUid, this is not a limitation I can fix. I have not audited any of the code
> to ensure safety for setUid operation, though.
> 

My knowledge about Linux drivers is somewhat mediocre and antique, but
doesn't dcdbas listen on a device node in '/dev'? And wouldn't the
correct access rights for this node fix the problem?

> Autoloading the driver: I'm not sure. Most distributions have a file you can
> put the names of modules you want autoloaded at boot time.

Normally you could assign a driver to a certain device node in
modprobe.conf.

> This I dont know. All of the relevant docs are in the code. Ed might have some
> idea. I dont have a platform to test this on, so I am relying on community
> contributions to keep this one going. Patches accepted.

Ok, let's see. Is there any chance to hurt the laptop while playing with
it's BIOS?


Oliver