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? ,)

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