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config RAR_REGISTER
tristate "Restricted Access Region Register Driver"
+ depends on PCI
default n
---help---
- This driver allows other kernel drivers access to the
- contents of the restricted access region control
- registers.
+ This driver allows other kernel drivers access to the
+ contents of the restricted access region control registers.
- The restricted access region control registers
- (rar_registers) are used to pass address and
- locking information on restricted access regions
- to other drivers that use restricted access regions
+ The restricted access region control registers
+ (rar_registers) are used to pass address and
+ locking information on restricted access regions
+ to other drivers that use restricted access regions.
- The restricted access regions are regions of memory
- on the Intel MID Platform that are not accessible to
- the x86 processor, but are accessible to dedicated
- processors on board peripheral devices.
+ The restricted access regions are regions of memory
+ on the Intel MID Platform that are not accessible to
+ the x86 processor, but are accessible to dedicated
+ processors on board peripheral devices.
- The purpose of the restricted access regions is to
- protect sensitive data from compromise by unauthorized
- programs running on the x86 processor.
+ The purpose of the restricted access regions is to
+ protect sensitive data from compromise by unauthorized
+ programs running on the x86 processor.
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