diff --git a/comms/libticables/files/patch-configure b/comms/libticables/files/patch-configure
index 9a4a4981d659..44b3ad136fe6 100644
--- a/comms/libticables/files/patch-configure
+++ b/comms/libticables/files/patch-configure
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 --- configure.orig	Wed Aug 27 12:17:39 2003
-+++ configure	Mon Oct 13 10:21:17 2003
-@@ -6257,7 +6257,7 @@
++++ configure	Mon Nov 17 19:41:58 2003
+@@ -6257,7 +6257,8 @@
  
  # detect system type
  case "$host" in
 -#	alpha-*-*bsd*)         ARCH="-D__FBSD__" ;;
++	i386-*-*bsd*)        ARCH="-D__BSD__ -D__I386__" ;;
 +	*-*-*bsd*)           ARCH="-D__BSD__" ;;
  	alpha*-*-linux-*)      ARCH="-D__ALPHA__ -D__LINUX__" ;;
  	alpha*-*-*-*)          ARCH="-D__ALPHA__ -D__LINUX__" ;;
  	arm*-*-linux-*)        ARCH="-D__ARM__ -D__LINUX__" ;;
-@@ -6266,7 +6266,6 @@
+@@ -6266,7 +6267,6 @@
  	i[3456]86-*-hurd-*)  ARCH="-D__LINUX__" ;;
  	i[3456]86-*-mingw*)  ARCH="-D__WIN32__ -D__MINGW32__ -Os -s" ;;
  	i[3456]86-*-cygwin)  ARCH="-D__WIN32__ -D__CYGWIN__ -mno-cygwin" ;;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
  	ia64-*-linux-*)        ARCH="-D__LINUX__" ;;
  	m68k-*-linux-*)        ARCH="-D__M68K__ -D__LINUX__" ;;
  	mips-*-linux-*)        ARCH="-D__MIPS__ -D__LINUX__" ;;
-@@ -24767,6 +24766,7 @@
+@@ -24767,6 +24767,7 @@
  
  
  
diff --git a/comms/libticables/files/patch-src-ioports.c b/comms/libticables/files/patch-src-ioports.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a25fa162ec6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comms/libticables/files/patch-src-ioports.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- src/ioports.c.orig	Mon Nov 17 19:15:57 2003
++++ src/ioports.c	Mon Nov 17 19:39:35 2003
+@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
+ }
+ #endif /* 0 */ /* __MACOSX__ */
+ 
+-#if defined(__I386__) && defined(HAVE_ASM_IO_H) && defined(HAVE_SYS_PERM_H) || defined(__ALPHA__) || defined(__BSD__)
++#if defined(__I386__) && defined(HAVE_ASM_IO_H) && defined(HAVE_SYS_PERM_H) || defined(__ALPHA__) || (defined(__BSD__) && defined(__I386__))
+ static int linux_asm_read_io(unsigned int addr)
+ {
+   return inb(addr);
+@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
+ {
+ #if defined(__I386__) && defined(HAVE_ASM_IO_H) && defined(HAVE_SYS_PERM_H) || defined(__ALPHA__) || defined(__BSD__) || defined(__MACOSX__)
+ 
+-#ifndef __MACOSX__
++#if !(defined(__MACOSX__) || (defined(__BSD__) && !defined(__I386__)))
+   if (method & IOM_ASM) {
+     io_rd = linux_asm_read_io;
+     io_wr = linux_asm_write_io;
+@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
+ int io_close(unsigned long from, unsigned long num)
+ {
+ #if defined(__I386__) && defined(HAVE_ASM_IO_H) && defined(HAVE_SYS_PERM_H) || defined(__ALPHA__) || defined(__BSD__) || defined(__MACOSX__)
+-#ifndef __MACOSX__
++#if !(defined(__MACOSX__) || (defined(__BSD__) && !defined(__I386__)))
+   if (method & IOM_ASM)
+ #ifndef __BSD__
+     return (ioperm(from, num, 0) ? ERR_ROOT : 0);