>> or allow an application to read /dev/kmem
>> 
>>  netbsd-fsread: filename "/dev/kmem" then permit as :kmem
>
>So, this means that we do not need `aperture' any longer to run XFree86
>with a non-INSECURE kernel ?

"read".  not "write".

x still needs to write to /dev/mem in order to work, and that's still
not allowed even for root at securelevels higher than 0.

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