Re: Intent to package: device3dfx

1999-05-20 Thread Ben Pfaff
Francesco Tapparo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 09:04:18PM +0100, Steve Haslam wrote: device3dfx is a kernel module to allow user-space applications (quake :}) access to 3Dfx cards without needing to be run as root. This package consists *only* of a GPL'd

Intent to package: device3dfx

1999-05-19 Thread Steve Haslam
Hi people, device3dfx is a kernel module to allow user-space applications (quake :}) access to 3Dfx cards without needing to be run as root. This package consists *only* of a GPL'd kernel module. As such it can IMHO go into main. It could be argued that you can only use it via the Glide

Re: Intent to package: device3dfx

1999-05-19 Thread Zephaniah E. Hull
One other problem, it needs big warnings, anyone with access to the device can crash the machine no problem... Its vaguely possible that it could also allow more, however I've never seen anyone mention such.. Zephaniah E. Hull.. On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 09:04:18PM +0100, Steve Haslam wrote: Hi

Re: Intent to package: device3dfx

1999-05-19 Thread Steve Haslam
On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 03:52:11AM -0400, Zephaniah E. Hull wrote: One other problem, it needs big warnings, anyone with access to the device can crash the machine no problem... Its vaguely possible that it could also allow more, however I've never seen anyone mention such.. Someone needs

Re: Intent to package: device3dfx

1999-05-19 Thread Francesco Tapparo
On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 09:04:18PM +0100, Steve Haslam wrote: Hi people, device3dfx is a kernel module to allow user-space applications (quake :}) access to 3Dfx cards without needing to be run as root. This package consists *only* of a GPL'd kernel module. As such it can IMHO go into