[RFC xf86-video-ati 0/1] Add support for server managed fds

Hans de Goede hdegoede at redhat.com
Fri Mar 7 10:15:54 PST 2014


Hi,

On 03/07/2014 02:38 PM, Mark Kettenis wrote:
>> From: Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>
>> Date: Fri,  7 Mar 2014 14:12:57 +0100
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Here is a patch to add support for server managed fds to xf86-video-ati
>> this is RFC only atm since not all related server patches have landed yet.
>>
>> With the server patches + this patch it is possible to run Xorg without
>> root-rights on systemd-logind using systems.
> 
> One question that immediately pops up, is which component is
> responsible for becoming the drm master?

The server, well actually systemd-logind since this requires root rights, but
from the driver point of view it is the responsibility of the server,
which delegates this responsibility to systemd-logind.

Regards,

Hans



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