--- Patrick McFarland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 05-Jun-2004, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 12:21 +0300, Ville Syrj??l?? wrote:
> > > The client should just use a surface id (handed out by the memory
> allocator)
> > > instead of a real address. The kernel would then check if the client
> is
> > > allowed to use those surfaces and replace the ids with real
> addresses. The
> > > kernel should also check the buffers for other dangerous stuff.
> >
> > Seconded.
> >
> > I wonder if we can reasonably get there in a backwards compatible
> way...
>
> Do we really have to? I mean, I wouldnt mind telling $MODERN_KERNEL
> users to upgrade their X, it would be for their own good anyhow.
>
We really need to support ALL of xfree86 4.2 and up. Years from now we
can drop that support but there must be the replacement allready in it's
place, I.E. no one running 4.3 or 4.4, asuming the fix is in for 4.5.
> --
> Patrick "Diablo-D3" McFarland || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as
> kids, we'd
> all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and
> listening to
> repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
>
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