diff -r -u a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86.h b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86.h
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86.h	2012-10-25 00:41:02.000000000 -0400
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86.h	2013-02-06 09:54:06.560035830 -0500
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 extern _X_EXPORT int xf86DoConfigure;
 extern _X_EXPORT int xf86DoShowOptions;
 extern _X_EXPORT Bool xf86DoConfigurePass1;
+extern _X_EXPORT Bool xorgHWAccess;
 
 extern _X_EXPORT DevPrivateKeyRec xf86ScreenKeyRec;
 
diff -r -u a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Bus.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Bus.c
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Bus.c	2012-11-02 00:17:59.000000000 -0400
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Bus.c	2013-02-06 09:54:06.560035830 -0500
@@ -127,17 +127,6 @@
      * instance of the hardware found.
      */
     for (i = 0; i < xf86NumDrivers; i++) {
-        xorgHWFlags flags;
-
-        if (!xorgHWAccess) {
-            if (!xf86DriverList[i]->driverFunc
-                || !xf86DriverList[i]->driverFunc(NULL,
-                                                  GET_REQUIRED_HW_INTERFACES,
-                                                  &flags)
-                || NEED_IO_ENABLED(flags))
-                continue;
-        }
-
         xf86CallDriverProbe(xf86DriverList[i], FALSE);
     }
 
diff -r -u a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Configure.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Configure.c
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Configure.c	2012-10-13 19:38:50.000000000 -0400
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Configure.c	2013-02-06 09:54:06.560035830 -0500
@@ -545,41 +545,16 @@
 
     free(vlist);
 
-    for (i = 0; i < xf86NumDrivers; i++) {
-        xorgHWFlags flags;
-
-        if (!xf86DriverList[i]->driverFunc
-            || !xf86DriverList[i]->driverFunc(NULL,
-                                              GET_REQUIRED_HW_INTERFACES,
-                                              &flags)
-            || NEED_IO_ENABLED(flags)) {
-            xorgHWAccess = TRUE;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    /* Enable full I/O access */
-    if (xorgHWAccess) {
-        if (!xf86EnableIO())
-            /* oops, we have failed */
-            xorgHWAccess = FALSE;
-    }
+    xorgHWAccess = xf86EnableIO();
 
     /* Create XF86Config file structure */
     xf86config = calloc(1, sizeof(XF86ConfigRec));
 
     /* Call all of the probe functions, reporting the results. */
     for (CurrentDriver = 0; CurrentDriver < xf86NumDrivers; CurrentDriver++) {
-        xorgHWFlags flags;
         Bool found_screen;
         DriverRec *const drv = xf86DriverList[CurrentDriver];
 
-        if (!xorgHWAccess) {
-            if (!drv->driverFunc
-                || !drv->driverFunc(NULL, GET_REQUIRED_HW_INTERFACES, &flags)
-                || NEED_IO_ENABLED(flags))
-                continue;
-        }
-
         found_screen = xf86CallDriverProbe(drv, TRUE);
         if (found_screen && drv->Identify) {
             (*drv->Identify) (0);
diff -r -u a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c	2012-10-13 19:38:50.000000000 -0400
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c	2013-02-06 09:54:06.560035830 -0500
@@ -530,23 +530,22 @@
          */
 
         for (i = 0; i < xf86NumDrivers; i++) {
+            xorgHWFlags flags = HW_IO;
+
             if (xf86DriverList[i]->Identify != NULL)
                 xf86DriverList[i]->Identify(0);
 
-            if (!xorgHWAccess || !xorgHWOpenConsole) {
-                xorgHWFlags flags;
+            if (xf86DriverList[i]->driverFunc)
+                xf86DriverList[i]->driverFunc(NULL,
+                                              GET_REQUIRED_HW_INTERFACES,
+                                              &flags);
+
+            /* this is "do we want it" at this point */
+            if (NEED_IO_ENABLED(flags))
+                xorgHWAccess = TRUE;
 
-                if (!xf86DriverList[i]->driverFunc
-                    || !xf86DriverList[i]->driverFunc(NULL,
-                                                      GET_REQUIRED_HW_INTERFACES,
-                                                      &flags))
-                    flags = HW_IO;
-
-                if (NEED_IO_ENABLED(flags))
-                    xorgHWAccess = TRUE;
-                if (!(flags & HW_SKIP_CONSOLE))
-                    xorgHWOpenConsole = TRUE;
-            }
+            if (!(flags & HW_SKIP_CONSOLE))
+                xorgHWOpenConsole = TRUE;
         }
 
         if (xorgHWOpenConsole)
diff -r -u a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Priv.h b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Priv.h
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Priv.h	2012-10-13 19:38:50.000000000 -0400
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Priv.h	2013-02-06 09:54:06.560035830 -0500
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
 extern _X_EXPORT const char *xf86VisualNames[];
 extern _X_EXPORT int xf86Verbose;       /* verbosity level */
 extern _X_EXPORT int xf86LogVerbose;    /* log file verbosity level */
-extern _X_EXPORT Bool xorgHWAccess;
 
 extern _X_EXPORT RootWinPropPtr *xf86RegisteredPropertiesTable;
 
diff -r -u a/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_video.c b/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_video.c
--- a/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_video.c	2012-10-13 19:38:51.000000000 -0400
+++ b/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_video.c	2013-02-06 09:47:22.710032993 -0500
@@ -479,45 +479,39 @@
 #define __NR_pciconfig_iobase	200
 #endif
 
-#endif
-
-Bool
-xf86EnableIO(void)
+static Bool
+hwEnableIO(void)
 {
-#if defined(__powerpc__)
     int fd;
-    unsigned int ioBase_phys;
-#endif
-
-    if (ExtendedEnabled)
-        return TRUE;
-
-#if defined(__powerpc__)
-    ioBase_phys = syscall(__NR_pciconfig_iobase, 2, 0, 0);
+    unsigned int ioBase_phys = syscall(__NR_pciconfig_iobase, 2, 0, 0);
 
     fd = open("/dev/mem", O_RDWR);
     if (ioBase == NULL) {
         ioBase = (volatile unsigned char *) mmap(0, 0x20000,
                                                  PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
                                                  MAP_SHARED, fd, ioBase_phys);
-/* Should this be fatal or just a warning? */
-#if 0
-        if (ioBase == MAP_FAILED) {
-            xf86Msg(X_WARNING,
-                    "xf86EnableIOPorts: Failed to map iobase (%s)\n",
-                    strerror(errno));
-            return FALSE;
-        }
-#endif
     }
     close(fd);
-#elif !defined(__mc68000__) && !defined(__sparc__) && !defined(__mips__) && !defined(__sh__) && !defined(__hppa__) && !defined(__s390__) && !defined(__arm__) && !defined(__m32r__) && !defined(__nds32__)
+
+    return ioBase != MAP_FAILED;
+}
+
+static void
+hwDisableIO(void)
+{
+    munmap(ioBase, 0x20000);
+    ioBase = NULL;
+}
+
+#elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__ia64__) || \
+      defined(__alpha__)
+
+static Bool
+hwEnableIO(void)
+{
     if (ioperm(0, 1024, 1) || iopl(3)) {
-        if (errno == ENODEV)
-            ErrorF("xf86EnableIOPorts: no I/O ports found\n");
-        else
-            FatalError("xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL"
-                       " for I/O (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+        ErrorF("xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (%s)\n",
+               strerror(errno));
         return FALSE;
     }
 #if !defined(__alpha__)
@@ -526,27 +520,44 @@
     ioperm(0x40, 4, 0);         /* trap access to the timer chip */
     ioperm(0x60, 4, 0);         /* trap access to the keyboard controller */
 #endif
-#endif
-    ExtendedEnabled = TRUE;
 
     return TRUE;
 }
 
+static void
+hwDisableIO(void)
+{
+    iopl(0);
+    ioperm(0, 1024, 0);
+}
+
+#else /* non-IO architectures */
+
+#define hwEnableIO() TRUE
+#define hwDisableIO() do {} while (0)
+
+#endif
+
+Bool
+xf86EnableIO(void)
+{
+    if (ExtendedEnabled)
+        return TRUE;
+
+    ExtendedEnabled = hwEnableIO();
+
+    return ExtendedEnabled;
+}
+
 void
 xf86DisableIO(void)
 {
     if (!ExtendedEnabled)
         return;
-#if defined(__powerpc__)
-    munmap(ioBase, 0x20000);
-    ioBase = NULL;
-#elif !defined(__mc68000__) && !defined(__sparc__) && !defined(__mips__) && !defined(__sh__) && !defined(__hppa__) && !defined(__arm__) && !defined(__s390__) && !defined(__m32r__) && !defined(__nds32__)
-    iopl(0);
-    ioperm(0, 1024, 0);
-#endif
-    ExtendedEnabled = FALSE;
 
-    return;
+    hwDisableIO();
+
+    ExtendedEnabled = FALSE;
 }
 
 #if defined (__alpha__)