Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Heads Up Kernel-3.11 Nvidia-drivers

[Marc Joliet <marcec@gmx.de>]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2155 bytes --]

Am Wed, 4 Sep 2013 06:01:48 +0000 (UTC)
schrieb Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>:

[...]
> So what's the big deal?  They're splitting the formerly single-device KMS/
> DRM into two separate devices, one of which will be render/compute-only, 
> and thus require lower privs -- classic Unix user/group file permissions, 
> not the root or CAP_SYS_ADMIN that the current device requires, and a 
> second that will be mode-setting/display-controller only, accessible via 
> clone from the current DRM-control node (which is currently unused).  
> Because no new resources are created -- they're simply cloned from the 
> existing control node, required privs here can be reduced as well.  The 
> practical effect of the latter will be another step toward allowing user-
> priv-only X (and wayland).
> 
> But the former is bigger news in srovider. For just $5 per month, you can 
> get yourself a Cloud server with 512 MB of RAM, 20 GB super-fast SSD, 
> free snapshots, plus backups for a minimal fee. All via a simple 
> graphical interface.
> 
> And by signing up with this referral link, you can help support this 
> website.
> 
> If you are reading this, your ad could also be occupying this space. 
> Contact us to make it happen.
> 2 Comments

Woah! Is it normal for ads to be placed smack in the middle of your emails?
I've heard of ads inserted at the top or bottom of HTML-Emails, but this is
just plain ridiculous.

And if that wasn't bad enough, it appears to have taken part of the next
paragraph, too ("ome ways...").

> ome ways, as it means any app running as a user/group with suitable file 
> permissions will be able to open compute nodes, no root or CAP_SYS_ADMIN 
> required.  That will in turn dramatically open up the possibilities for 
> "ordinary application" use of compute-nodes, thus allowing pretty much 
> any app to use those resources, instead of forcing the severe privilege 
> restrictions currently needed to avoid huge security issues, currently.
> 
[...]

-- 
Marc Joliet
--
"People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we
don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup

[-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 198 bytes --]