Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Why is Device3Dfx driver (voodoo1/2) not in the kernel? | Date | Wed, 19 Sep 2001 20:24:06 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Does anyone know why the Device3Dfx kernel driver is not in the standard > kernel?
Because it lets anyone crash the machine by feeding a Voodoo1 garbage. To get something like that into the kernel I suspect would involve
- Making sure glide is using the fifo - Writing a parser for packet1-packet5 commands to verify they are valid
then voodoo would be safe for user direct access.
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