On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

# Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:20:45 -0400
# From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
# To: Jaromír Dolecek <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
# Cc: port-i386@netbsd.org
# Subject: Re: Integrate aperture driver?
#
# On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 12:12:44AM +0200, Jaromír Dolecek wrote:
# > Hi,
# > would there be any problem in integrating the aperture driver and MTRR code
# > to kernel tree (i.e what is now available as /usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/aperture/) ?
# > Virtually anyone running XFree86 4.* would like this ...
#
# This "driver" essentially negates the security model.  If it's going to be
# committed, it should function *only* if securelevel < 1.

If you do this, it's no better than having options INSECURE, which is what
we do now.  The point of the aperture driver is so that you can still have
an otherwise secure kernel with the only defined access points being to the
video area by the aperture driver.

# It should also
# be made possible to build it into a monolithic kernel, instead of only as
# a loadable module.

I'd agree with that.  lkms kinda weird me.

# --
# Thor Lancelot Simon	                                      tls@rek.tjls.com
#     And now he couldn't remember when this passion had flown, leaving him so
#   foolish and bewildered and astray: can any man?

Now, ain't *that* the truth.

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