--- Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 21:08 -0700, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > Your right about adding interfaces into the kernel, but what's > > proposed(the non hotplug stuff) is small and relitively uninteresting > > since it's not used by X. There are no currently pkged programs that > > would use these extentions so there is nothing stoping a rewrite b4 > the > > user part is released. > > So you propose to add an immature interface to the mainline DRM/kernel > and cross fingers that it won't turn into a maintenance and/or security > nightmare before it gets rewritten? Sounds a little backwards to me. > maintenance: No apps currently shiped would use it I.E. it's not going into X. security: It's a simple ioctl to change modes, if it's not easy to audit then it's overly complex for what it dose. Surely X has the same problem, if you can some how make a modeline that runs arbitrary code?
> > -- > Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI > developer > Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
