Hello, On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:13:05 +0100 Martin Husemann <mar...@duskware.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 07:04:20PM +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote: > > Likewise DRM/KMS. We should disable options INSECURE by default on > > x86 and make Xorg not be suid root. Obscure systems that still need > > it -- e.g., VIA, perhaps, which has no KMS driver -- can use custom > > kernel configs. > > Unfortunately it is not that simple. We recently noticed that Xorg on > sparc64 for PCI cards now needs INSECURE, despite proper framebuffer > drivers. At least I'm not the only one who missed the 'on x86' above ;) We can go back to PCI-access-via-wsdisplay with relatively little pain though. have fun Michael
