Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 21:53:46 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: Request examples of using outb() in inb()in program. Message-ID: <199601162053.VAA19105@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960116094445.6397A-100000@sl-000.sl.cybercomm.net> from "Sujal Patel" at Jan 16, 96 09:46:40 am
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As Sujal Patel wrote: > > Like KDENABIO, the default permissions on /dev/io restrict it to root > only, which is the way it should be IMHO. Not until very recently. /dev/io used to be open to (setgid) kmem. Note that read permissions to the special file are sufficient. (See io(4), in a fairly recent -current.) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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