having something like /dev/biosguard that you have to open for writing
first (and keep open until you're done writing to /dev/bios) simply
ensures that you can't do something dangerous like:
cat >/dev/bios
...and end up with a corrupted bios.
chip's ioctl idea (open, ioctl to ask to write, then write) would
work as well.
john
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