On Gwe, 2005-01-28 at 16:12, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote: > ChangeSet 1.1977.1.2, 2005/01/28 17:12:20+01:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > input: Only root should be able to set the N_MOUSE line discipline. >
I finally had a chance to trace down why my mouse code for a little gui library started working differently and causing problems. This broken change breaks apps that use framebuffer in unpriviledged process form and want to use the mouse support in kernel and forces them to become setuid root or to revert to 2.4 style user space mouse drivers. If this functonality is root only kernel space it might as well be entirely deleted IMHO. I can see no reason for this change - the ldisc is supposed to be configurable by non root users. It is reset on close/hangup in Linux so a user cannot jam a port up. Can someone please justify this change. If not can it be reverted Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
