From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: steven.griffiths@iname.com (Steven Griffiths)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why is Device3Dfx driver (voodoo1/2) not in the kernel?
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 20:24:06 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E15jmx4-0003bf-00@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BA89327.2030503@iname.com> from "Steven Griffiths" at Sep 19, 2001 01:44:23 PM
> 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.
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-19 19:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-19 12:44 Steven Griffiths
2001-09-19 19:24 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2001-09-27 4:28 ` Jason McMullan
2001-09-27 12:00 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-27 15:57 ` Jason McMullan
2001-09-27 17:56 ` James Simmons
2001-09-27 22:49 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-27 23:26 ` James Simmons
2001-09-27 17:36 ` James Simmons
2001-09-28 0:24 Grover, Andrew
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