Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: New proposed DRM interface design | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Sun, 05 Sep 2004 13:00:18 +0100 |
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On Sad, 2004-09-04 at 23:06, Dave Airlie wrote: > we also have out of kernel DRM drivers for mach64 and savage that would > pose security issues if shipped, so we can't develop them in-kernel.... > (another reason for the CVS tree)...
I still think this is actually a bad decision. You can develop them in kernel providing you put
if(!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) return -EPERM
in the client side open for these devices. At that point root can use it happily but nobody else can. You can test it, you can share it upstream and you can motivate people to fix it.
Alan
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