From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 6 01:20:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA00620 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 01:20:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA00614; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 01:20:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA01858; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 10:20:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199810060820.KAA01858@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: GGI In-Reply-To: <19981005230209.K18969@fries.net> from "Todd T. Fries" at "Oct 5, 98 11:02:09 pm" To: toddf@acm.org (Todd T. Fries) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 10:20:08 +0200 (CEST) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, wouters@cistron.nl, tech@openbsd.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In reply to Todd T. Fries who wrote: > > Besides we already have code in the kernel to handle some of what > > GGI wants to do, so the point might be somewhat moot. > > Hmm, I'd be surprised to know that you handle multiple input devices, > (keyboards, mice, joysticks, etc) and multiple consoles mixing and matching > multiple video hardware along with no necessity for setuid graphics apps. > The last part is, when I was around during the formation of the GGI project, > one of the main reasons it was formed. I said "some" of it not all. The setuid thing could be handled via ioctls or semilar if one wants to get rid of them in the current design. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end? .. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message