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From: Peter Berger <peterb@tcptest.psc.edu>
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what's the rationale for returning EACCES when trying to ioctl a
device mounted read-only?  inquiring minds want to know.

(I encountered this problem with xmcd, which was failing because of
it.  I decided it was easier to change the kernel than to compile
Motif, so....)