Subject: Re: Integrate aperture driver?
To: Jarom r <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/12/2001 18:22:17
> would there be any problem in integrating the aperture driver and MTRR code
> to kernel tree (i.e what is now available as
> /usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/aperture/) ?
Sane MTRR support would be appropriate; i haven't looked at what API
is presented by sysutils/aperture.
The aperture driver, on the other hand, has had certain Issues (e.g.,
bypasses the security model), which is why it hasn't been integrated
in the past.
- Bill