Re: [linux-fbdev] fbdev 2.4.0 cleanups

From: David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 09:23:22 EST


geert@linux-m68k.org said:
> And changing the ownership of /dev/fb* is a userspace thingy, cfr. /
> dev/audio and friends.

/dev/tty* would be a more appropriate example.

I would have thought that /dev/fb ought to be a pesudo-device, much like
/dev/tty currently is, pointing to the current framebuffer. No security hole
there, is there?

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dwmw2

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