Re: The new X-Kernel !

Tim Jansen (tim@tjansen.de)
Sun, 21 Oct 2001 21:17:25 +0200


On Sunday 21 October 2001 19:40, James Simmons wrote:
> It sets the hardware state of the keyboards and the
> mice. The user runs apps that alter the state. The second user comes along
> and log in on desktop two. He runs another small application to test the
> mice. It changes the state which in turn effects the person on desktop
> one.

Isn't this a driver problem? If two processes can interfere when using the
same device the driver should only allow one access (one device file opened)
at a time. And if two processes need to access it it should be managed by a
daemon.

bye...
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