Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 May 2006 16:53:35 +0200 (CEST) | From | linux cbon <> | Subject | Re: replacing X Window System ! |
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--- Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> a écrit : > And when the windowing system crashes it'll take the > kernel down with it - ouch.
It is already happening today with X, because : X runs as root - ouch. X can write into kernel memory - ouch. X can mess with clocks - ouch. X can mess with PCI bus - ouch. etc. - ouch.
> And if I want to run a headless server without a > graphical display I > can't simply stop the windowing system I'd have to > rebuild a kernel > without the windowing system in it - yuck.
Is it so difficult to disable a module ? - yuck.
> What we have now is a nicely decoupled system - it > would be even > better if X was even more decoupled from the kernel, > but lets not put > the windowing system in kernel space.
We dont need 2 kernels like today. All "dangerous code" should be in kernel.
> Do you really want to put all that complexity into > the kernel?
Kernel is already complex, that wouldnt affect it. But that would greatly simplify the whole system.
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