On 6/16/05, Adam Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would strongly suggest that we use usermode helpers as much as possible even > on linux, since we have the code already written in X and it'll increase the > similarity with other platforms. Write it once. Other platforms without an > fbdev layer will run the server as root and just fork the modesetter. > > This would be nice to do even for the classic server if possible.
User mode helpers have their own set of problems. It is really hard to build them so that the system doesn't deadlock in low memory situations. The OOM process killer can also kill them if it gets desperate for memory. Trying to run them can trigger swap storms, etc. Several groups are building systems like that on Linux right now - FUSE, iSCSI, others. Their success is varied and no one has had complete success. -- 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
