Re: CVS commit: src/sys/dev/pci

[David Young <dyoung%pobox.com@localhost>]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 06:11:38PM +0000, Frank Wille wrote:
> 
> Module Name:  src
> Committed By: phx
> Date:         Wed Mar 12 18:11:38 UTC 2008
> 
> Modified Files:
>       src/sys/dev/pci: radeonfb.c unichromefb.c
> 
> Log Message:
> Make console drivers support PCI_IOC_CFGREAD/WRITE ioctls. This is useful for
> XFree86, which can alternatively find the graphics card through /dev/ttyE0.
> Approved by macallan.

I am not sure that I understand this change.  Doesn't this give any user
who has logged in on /dev/ttyE0 the ability to read/write any arbitrary
register in configuration space?

Dave

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