Re: Xorg vs Wayland (and MIR?) - future for NetBSD X ?

[Taylor R Campbell <campbell+netbsd-tech-x11%mumble.net@localhost>]

   Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 10:06:00 -0500
   From: Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>

   On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 07:26:26 +0000
   coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost wrote:

   > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 02:49:54AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
   > NetBSD is just about the only OS still using xorg as setuid root.
   > Pretty much everyone else did away with it.

   We only really need it for /dev/pci*, because that lets you mmap()
   arbitrary PCI space - things like wsfb or sbus graphics work without it.

Likewise DRM/KMS.  We should disable options INSECURE by default on
x86 and make Xorg not be suid root.  Obscure systems that still need
it -- e.g., VIA, perhaps, which has no KMS driver -- can use custom
kernel configs.