> I looked at the drivers/sunbw2/bw2_driver.c code, and it seems to
> probe the bus, etc. instead of just opening the right /dev/fb* and
> trying to use it.

Welcome to XFree86. :-þ

> I definitely don't want it to be able to read anything but the
> framebuffer hardware through the channels of the proper driver.

I agree with you, and that's one reason I don't run XFree86.

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