Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [linux-pm] [RFC] userland swsusp | | From | Alan Cox <> | | Date | Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:07:15 +0000 |
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On Gwe, 2005-11-18 at 22:23 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > 1) accessing non-ram memory (eg PCI mmio space) by X and the likes > (ideally should use sysfs but hey, changing X for this will take > forever)
Once sysfs supports the relevant capabilities fixing X actually doesn't look too horrible, the PCI mapping routines are abstracted and done by PCITAG (ie PCI device). You would need the ISA hole too in some cases.
> 2) accessing bios memory in the lower 1Gb for various emulation like > purposes (including vbetool and X mode setting) > 3) accessing things the kernel sees as RAM > > they are very distinct security wise.
Agreed.
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