Re: Speakup in kernel

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

> And, as for those multiple issues, where are they documented, please? I
> don't recall any documentation of security, or any issue other than a
> single I18N issue.

There were a series of issues discussed with the original authors
- lack of modularity
- incorrect interfacing to tty layer for serial units
- some security problems (not publically disclosed)
- problems with /proc config interface
- future - when you need userspace to set up serial ports or direct usb
  what will happen - there needs to be an interface lower than Linux to
  solve these problems.
- the fact many blind linux users including blind kernel development folks
  felt it was the wrong model