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SubjectRe: AGP & non-root mmap calls: "lending" priviledges to a client
In your message of 18 July 1999 you write:

> > A question that has been presented to us is that of direct mmap() access to
> > AGP bridge-viewed RAM. For our AGP/GART device, the client non-root
> > processes that are coordinated by the X server are handed a "magic cookie"
> > that can be used to "bless" a device file descriptor (allowed inside the
> > kernel) ... and thus allow any mmap as needed directly from the AGP/GART
> > device. In general, then, only smart and X-server coordinated processes are
> > then able to do this, enhancing stability, but decreasing unneeded
> > centralization.
> >
> > Are there any plans to allow "handing over" priviledges to clients, from one
> > process to another? Should a technique of "trusted-cookies" be used to
>
> It already exists for general handle passing for file handles.

Can you give me a pointer to that meachansim, and also how it's
handled in other Unix like operating systems ?

> Precision Insight
> have a fairly clean working kernel module (free software) in progress for doing
> the direct render resource management 'right' in a similar style to SGI.

Their arppoach is very specific to their implementation of OpenGL. It
does not address AGP and other issues relevant to current graphics
boards (from the documentation I have seen). What we are trying to
make available is a relatively simple AGP driver that addresses the
limited area of AGP mapping and management without trying to cover
all the issues that are involved to do direct rendering.

- Thomas
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Thomas Roell /\ An imperfect plan executed violently
Xi Graphics / \/\ _ is far superior to a perfect plan.
thomas@xig.com / / \ \
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