Re: [RFC] enhancing the kernel's graphics subsystem

[Jeff Garzik]

Alan Cox wrote:
> > > the kernel, it can be a lot smaller than X and auditable.. sticking
> > > the DRI protocol in the kernel is just pointless..
> > It is a quite sensible idea.
> >
> > The userspace X server SHOULD be running under a non-root user, with 
> > appropriate fine-grained privs granted to it.
> >
> > "I need root to do graphics" is a myopic, antiquated view of the world.
>
> X server: priviledges below everything, pageable
> kernel: priviledges as high as conceivable, non-pageable
>
> So why do you want it in kernel.... security is not the sensible answer
> here.

Replying/quoting mixup.  I was responding to the root-privs userspace 
aspect, not the "put it in the kernel" aspect.

I do not want it in the kernel (should have snipped that last quoted line).

	Jeff



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