Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 May 2007 21:29:22 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] enhancing the kernel's graphics subsystem |
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Jon Smirl wrote: > This design still requires a global server app since the heads share a > single device. > I am always concerned that the root priv code in the X server is a > potential security hole. I would like to move away from a model where > there is a global controlling app. I don't think we need a global > controlling app at all.
If you have multiple "controlling" apps competing for a single device, that either implies complexity in each app for sharing control, or moving even more code into the kernel for 2D and 3D.
I don't think the kernel community is yet interested in moving everything of consequence into the kernel.
Jeff
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