Hi!
> > > I agree, if we make it entirely clear that the flag is nonpolitical.
> >
> > Hm, I don't know, what makes this different from the fact that we can
> > mmap PCI device space today through the proc and sysfs entries? That's
> > how X gets direct access to the hardware for a number of different
> > cards, and that's pretty much the same thing as the UIO interface is
> > doing.
> >
> > Unless you think we should also use the same "taint" flag on those
> > accesses too, and if so, I have no objection.
>
> Right, this is just a hint, that something in user space is accessing
> the hardware directly. Not a too bad idea, but pretty much useless when
> we add X to the picture as it will be set always :)
Some people -- like me -- use X68_fbcon over vesafb, in order not to
be tainted this way.
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