RE: [Xen-devel] Is Xen affected by this x86 hardware security hole?

["Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> A better solution would be to have a kernel module that 
> provides services to the X server, but this would require 
> more code per platform, which is partly why it wasn't done 
> like this...  *sigh*

Isn't this what the kernel /dev/fbdev driver does? 

If you're running an fbdev Xserver you shouldn't need to give the
Xserver io or mmio permissions.

Ian

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