re: xsrc/50429: Xserver fails to start on Ultra-5 andNetBSD/sparc647.0

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

> something related to kern.securelevel and this commit breaks X on my U10:
> 
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2012/03/13/msg032767.html
> 
> before this commit, stuff works.  afterwards, if securelevel is set,
> X fails to startup.  forcing securelevel to -1 also fixes -current
> and most likely -7 too.
> 
> this diff is not small and touches a large number of files, but there
> are only a handful that should be relevant here and most files are
> other drivers.

OK.  i figured it out.  there are two new problems:

machfb_mmap() *AND* pcimmap() were converted from checking "is root"
to checking "is root, and securevel not > 0".

fixing just one or the other fails, but both makes X start up again.


.mrg.