Quoting Andreas Robinson: > > > Log message: > > > Performs userspace PCI-bus probing and memory mapping. > > > Depends on /proc/bus/pci/devices and /dev/mem. > > > > This requires root privileges, even for slave processes ;( > > So all processes running under directfb are using their own copy of the > graphics driver?
Yes ;) > I thought I was doing something clever here. :-) People are having problems > with the kernel module, so the plan was to do it like Xfree86 does. > > Do you know if it is at all possible to wiggle out of this anyway? > Could the slave processes inherit the mmapped IO area by the master process > for example by using memory sharing? (I've not used /dev/shm before.) Sharing of already mapped regions is not possible via /dev/shm. Maybe a Unix Domain Socket can do that. Anyone with knowledge here? ,) -- Best regards, Denis Oliver Kropp .------------------------------------------. | DirectFB - Hardware accelerated graphics | | http://www.directfb.org/ | "------------------------------------------" Convergence GmbH -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-dev" as subject.
