Graphics Driver Frameworks and Security

[Luc Verhaegen]

On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 08:28:56AM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> 
> He's wrong in a few places - unless you accept that he uses "X" as an 
> unstated
> shorthand for "common implementations of X on x86 and similar 
> architectures."
> Many X servers run without root privileges, using in kernel drivers for 
> their
> dirty work - unfortunately those are mainly closed source ones on platforms
> where the kernel, drivers, and X server (and often even the hardware) are 
> all
> from the same company.
> 
> (BTW, someone should point out to Theo all the bugs & e-mail we're getting 
> now
>  about the ATI closed drivers not working on Xorg 7.1 because we chose to
>  break the vendor binary drivers in this release.  Guess we've failed our
>  lapdog role.)
> 
Are you talking about the ABI breakage hurriedly introduced by nVidias 
Aaron Plattner right before the 7.1 feature freeze but which isn't going 
to be actively used by any free driver at 7.1 release time?

Luc Verhaegen, VIA lapdog.