> With a properly designed kernel driver the X server does not need > to map the hardware into user space and run as root.
How do you efficiently control the hardware then without incuring the overhead of user/system transition on ioctl's? How many iotcl's and at what granularity are you suggesting? Are you assuming a device which can read and execute register settings from a memory buffer, e.g. the dma ring buffer style devices? John ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
