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Re: [MiNT] update:WRITE_BOOT,ALLOW_TRP_CHG

Hi,

2012/10/3 Helmut Karlowski <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>:
> There are 2 new config-options:
>
> mint.ini:
> new bootmenu-entry: WRITE_BOOT (0..2): if not 0 write boot-log to
> <bootdrive>/mint/boot.log instead of console.
> If 2 also write to host-console (aranym only).

Very useful.

> mint.cnf:
> new config-variable: ALLOW_TRP_CHG (default 1): if 0 only kernel-processes
> may change sys-vectors using ssytem
> new mode to ssystem: S_ALLOW_TRP_CHG (28): change trap-change-mode (arg = 0
> or 1).

Just wondering - isn't this already what happens when running with a
high memory prot setting + running a non-priviliged process (i.e.
non-root)?

Also, would it make sense to extend this to also include Setexc()?

-- PeP