Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:00:44 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> Cc: openglx@starbyte.net, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP! 6.0-RELEASE coming Message-ID: <43679F3C.4040702@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20051101165534.GB56709@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <436116D3.908@samsco.org> <621b657f0510280654j56d4a823n5237f89ccc96b1e9@mail.gmail.com> <436246C1.3030108@samsco.org> <20051101165534.GB56709@comp.chem.msu.su>
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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. Scotthome | help
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