--- Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 14:11 -0700, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > --- Michel Dnzer <[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. > > Then why does it need to go mainline? *shrug* > Is a branch considered mainline for the DRM?
> > > 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? > > No, that's the difference between an abstract mode description and a > register dump. For the latter, you either need to prevent harmful > register value combinations (which I'm not convinced takes significantly > if any less code than generating the register values in the first place) > or require root privileges. (And root can already write to registers > with the existing interface...) > Like I said every card will do things diffrently, what we need is just a replacement for XFree86 mode setting. Like I hinted XFree86 could be used to set the mode, then it would have to exit or step out of the way. The cuttrent setuid root aproch workes fine, thought it's less secure then a kernel based solution(that may never exist for some cards). > > -- > Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI > developer > Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! 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
