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Date:      Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:16:19 +0100
From:      Gunnar Flygt <flygt@sr.se>
To:        Thomas Nystrom <thn@saeab.se>
Cc:        Gunnar Flygt <flygt@sr.se>
Subject:   Re: 5.3-RC2 xorg fails with missing /dev/io
Message-ID:  <20041104091619.GC24484@sr.se>
In-Reply-To: <4189F25B.8C791C76@saeab.se>
References:  <20041104090258.GA24484@sr.se> <4189F25B.8C791C76@saeab.se>

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On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 10:11:55AM +0100, Thomas Nystrom wrote:
> Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> > 
> > I upgraded with cvsup to RELENG_5_3
> > 
> > The box is a Dell Latitude D600
> > 
> > Everything seems to be OK, except for /dev/io is missing which leads to
> > X not working. Is this an issue that has been adressed already, or am I
> > doing something wrong?
> 
> You have to read /usr/src/UPDATING:

I do that
> 
> 20040802:
>         making /dev/(null|zero) into a module proved to be too
> unpopular,
>         so this bit has been revoked from the previous (20040801) entry.

But I missed this. Sorry for the noise!

> 
> 20040801:
>         The /dev/mem, /dev/io /dev/(null/zero) devices are now modules,
>         so you may wish to add them to your kernel config file. See
>         GENERIC for examples.
> 
> /thn
> 
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