It's not a bug: x86: introduce /dev/mem restrictions with a config option http://lwn.net/Articles/267427/ http://lwn.net/Articles/267427/ "This patch introduce

It's not a bug: x86: introduce /dev/mem restrictions with a config option http://lwn.net/Articles/267427/ http://lwn.net/Articles/267427/ "This patch introduces a restriction on /dev/mem: Only non-memory can be read or written unless the newly introduced config option is set." Command-line access to /dev/mem in Ubuntu http://superuser.com/questions/39583/command-line-access-to-dev-mem-in-ubuntu http://superuser.com/questions/39583/command-line-access-to-...