From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 15:19:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 15:19:05 -0400 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:7699 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 15:18:53 -0400 Subject: Re: Why is Device3Dfx driver (voodoo1/2) not in the kernel? To: steven.griffiths@iname.com (Steven Griffiths) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 20:24:06 +0100 (BST) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3BA89327.2030503@iname.com> from "Steven Griffiths" at Sep 19, 2001 01:44:23 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > 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