Re: [flashrom] Porting flashrom to OpenBSD

[Theo de Raadt]

> On 2010/06/25 08:32, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > > > you're in CC of this mail because you sent the "unbreak pciutils" mail
> > > > to this list, and the failure mode is related.
> > > > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=126918139214769
> > >
> > > Hmmm... So why is PCIOCWRITE failing, even when securelevel is 0 and 
> > > allowaperture=2...
> > >
> > > I don't know this area at all well, but this looks worth investigating
> > >
> > > /sys/dev/pci/pci.c
> > >     case PCIOCWRITE:
> > >             io = (struct pci_io *)data;
> > >             switch (io->pi_width) {
> > >             case 4:
> > >                     /* Make sure the register is properly aligned */
> > >                     if (io->pi_reg & 0x3)
> > >                             return EINVAL;
> > >                     pci_conf_write(pc, tag, io->pi_reg, io->pi_data);
> > >                     error = 0;
> > >                     break;
> > >             default:
> > >                     error = ENODEV;
> > >                     break;
> > >             }
> > >             break;
> > >
> > > > Thanks, looks good. One small comment about installation in sbin,
> > > > though. flashrom can also work with programmers attached to serial ports
> > > > and USB, and those might work even for non-root users if appropriate
> > > > permissions are set (well, under most Unix-like OS, but OpenBSD might be
> > > > different). Due to that, some people think installing in bin instead of
> > > > sbin makes more sense.
> > >
> > > I don't think the location is a problem..
> > > > Stuart, does the pcilib abort happen on i386 and amd64?
> > >
> > > I don't have an i386 box handy to try at the moment.
> >
> > The aperture is for X.  Only one use at a time is permitted.
>
> I should have mentioned, this was single-user.

The aperture is for X.