On 6/16/05, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In fact, the framebuffer support/mode setting doesn't have to be in the > kernel stricto-sensus.
In the model I'm working with, things like mode setting always have to go through a kernel call gate to provide the user to root privilege escalation. Once you are in the driver, the driver is free to set the mode in the kernel or do something like call_userhelper() for a user space implementation. call_userhelper() runs the helper as root so it can get to the registers. -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
