Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] fbdev API problems

[Sven <lu...@dp...>]

On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 10:32:28AM +0100, Michel D=E4nzer wrote:
> On Thu, 2001-11-22 at 09:37, Sven wrote:
>=20
> > Anyway, even X is not able to do DMA outside of the DRI setup. I woul=
d have
> > liked it when writing Xv support for the permedia3 chip.
>=20
> DMA sure isn't possible without kernel support, but you only need a DRM=
,
> see a recent version of r128_video.c.

Well, and the DRM takes care of security issues, isn't it ?

That said, i don't really have time for playing with X right now, but i a=
m
aware of the use of DRM for r128. It is linux specific though.

the point was for people misusing the mmio pointer provided by fbdev.

Friendly,

Sven Luther