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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