On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 01:12:27 +0100 (IST) Dave Airlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/mesa co -D 2004-03-28 Mesa > > > > Besides that one bit it should build fine. > > > > /me pokes the mach64 maintainers. ISTR some discussion about merging mach64 > > anyway, even though it's insecure, perhaps with Big Fat Warning Signs or > > defaulting to mmio mode (which is secure, right?). > > Nope.. its not as far as I know, the buffers can still be accessed even if > they are not used from the last time this stuff was discussed... > > it default to mmio at the moment anyways, maybe it and the savage should > have some warning when the DRM module is loaded that the system is > in-secure.. I think it's not the DRM module that causes the insecurity, at least in case of Savage. It's the Xserver that creates mmio mappings that would allow an attacker to do evil stuff. The problem with Savage is that everything is done in user space. So potentially any user process can do anything with the savage engine. > > Dave. > Felix ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Robotic Monkeys at ThinkGeek For a limited time only, get FREE Ground shipping on all orders of $35 or more. Hurry up and shop folks, this offer expires April 30th! http://www.thinkgeek.com/freeshipping/?cpg=12297 -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
