Didier Kryn <k...@in2p3.fr> writes: > Just received "Linux Update". One of the articles is about the > release of kernel version 4.4. > > Included in the new kernel is "A new kernel mode-setting (KMS) > driver from Broadcom". > > I gave a look at Wikipedia about Kernel-based mode-setting. The > article in the French Wikipedia states that, amongst other advantages, > KMS permits to *run the X server without root priviledge*.
Kernel mode-setting has existed for a while and it's mainly supposed to enable people to "do graphics" without having to resort to writing another X driver, thereby making it yet more difficult to sell wayland. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
