maximum entropy <entropy@zippy.bernstein.com> writes:
> >From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
> >Date: 07 May 1999 12:09:40 -0400
> >
> >What's the point of the apeture driver, anyway? Once it is in place,
> >all security is gone. Might as well just compile with options INSECURE.
> 
> I don't understand this claim.  The aperture driver restricts mmap()
> of the frame buffer to the range between 0xA0000 and 0xBFFFF.

And the average modern card with accelerators will likely let you
touch enough of the rest of memory with commands to the card to
obviate the entire help that might have given you.

Look, there's a reason this isn't built in to NetBSD...

Perry