Re: 3Dfx security issues

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:13:53 +0000 (GMT)


> applications crash the machine. We've got one at DD currently. A gamma
> application, when you set the gamma to 0, your Onyx will crash. I
> suspect SGI gets away with it, because no one has tried writing random
> data to their boards. :-)

I've been writing random data at the indy without problems

> access appropriately. That's why I would never want it in the standard
> kernel, as it would be too easy to just throw it in without
> understanding the issues.

Yep

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