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Date:      Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:33:00 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: /dev/io , /dev/mem : only used by Xorg?
Message-ID:  <20050228023300.GA48518@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050228022622.46627.qmail@web54003.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20050228022622.46627.qmail@web54003.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 06:26:22PM -0800, Rob wrote:

> Googling on /dev/io and /dev/mem, finds only Xorg
> related discussions and problems.
> 
> 
> I now also have Server PC, that does not run X at all.
> I'm about to remove the devices io and mem
> in the kernel configuration. Is that OK?

Some other tools will not work either (e.g. fstat ;-)

> How about the /dev/random device? Could that go too?

Definitely not, if you want to do common things like ssh to/from your
machine.

Kris

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