On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:39, Prabhu nath <gprabhunath@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks a lot for the clarification. > Is that not a big hole that the kernel provides ?. Naively...you can say so...but AFAIK it serves for some (legacy) purpose: - Wine...or DOSEMU..or dosbox...can't recall which one that used it once... - X server/ X org...once use it too... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ