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36 .Nd I/O privilege file
39 This device is obsolete and is provided for compatibility purposes
48 the process is granted full I/O privileges; closing the returned file
51 result in revocation of these privileges.
52 The new I/O privileges can be useful in order to write userland
53 programs that handle some hardware directly.
55 The entire access control is handled by the file access permissions
58 so care should be taken in granting rights for this device.
60 I/O privilege on access to
62 is only granted if the kernel was built with the
66 .Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
76 after it was in the kernel for some time.