Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 13:44:33 +0300 From: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: openglx@starbyte.net, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP! 6.0-RELEASE coming Message-ID: <20051102104433.GC2465@comp.chem.msu.su> In-Reply-To: <43679F3C.4040702@samsco.org> References: <436116D3.908@samsco.org> <621b657f0510280654j56d4a823n5237f89ccc96b1e9@mail.gmail.com> <436246C1.3030108@samsco.org> <20051101165534.GB56709@comp.chem.msu.su> <43679F3C.4040702@samsco.org>
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On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 10:00:44AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > Yar Tikhiy wrote: > >On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 09:41:53AM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > >>Felipe openglx wrote: > >> > >>>I had a few issues with SiS 630 video driver, already related in > >>>thread > >>>http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=815881+0+/usr/local/www/db/text/2005/freebsd-current/20051016.freebsd-current > >>> > >>>Are those corrected already? I did compile the latest kernel (after a > >>>cvsup on src-sys*) and X.org still reboots my machine if I enable the > >>>SiS driver. > >> > >>You'll need to work with the X11 developers. X is only something that > >>FreeBSD includes as a 3rd party package, it's not something that we > >>work on as part of the OS. > > > > > >When a 3rd party package crashes our OS, we should care about the > >issue, too. However, this case seems to require more investigation > >by developers who have similar hardware. > > > > The fact that X has access to /dev/io means that it can do whatever it > wants to corrupt the machine, and there isn't much the OS can do about > it. I see, sorry for the noise. -- Yar
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