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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: Xegl lives!
From:       Olivier Galibert <galibert () pobox ! com>
Date:       2005-05-29 19:25:25
Message-ID: 20050529192525.GA70113 () dspnet ! fr ! eu ! org
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On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 02:15:36PM -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> So as far as I can see, your assertion that userspace mode setting requires 
> root depends solely on the assumption that it is the job of the privilege 
> model to protect the hardware.  And it's not.  The job of the privilege model 
> is to protect the software.

Nope, the job of the priviledge model is to protect the system, and
that's both the hardware and the software.  See the scsi command
filter in recent-ish linux kernels to that ensure non-priviledged
users can't flash the firmware of devices.

Now as to whether allowing mode setting from userspace is a good idea,
that's an entirely different problem :-)

  OG.


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