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Re: i1915drmkms system crash in NetBSD 7.0



On Sun 08 May 2016 at 19:12:14 +0200, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> drm: GPU hangs can indicate a bug anywhere in the entire gfx stack,
> including userspace.

No doubt that message comes from Linux. I've always found it a very
worrying message. The whole idea of this kernel mode setting stuff was
to *prevent* userland bugs (or malicious programs) to affect the system
in a bad way. (If I've misunderstood that, the whole thing is even more
nonsensical than I already thought). But now you need the correct
graphics drivers in the kernel *and* in userland, whereas before you
only needed them in X. I don't see the progress. On the contrary.
</rant>

-Olaf.
-- 
___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert  -- The Doctor: No, 'eureka' is Greek for
\X/ rhialto/at/xs4all.nl    -- 'this bath is too hot.'

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