SInt64 gIOKitDebug = DEBUG_INIT_VALUE;
SInt64 gIOKitTrace = 0;
-SYSCTL_QUAD(_debug, OID_AUTO, iokit, CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_LOCKED, &gIOKitDebug, "boot_arg io");
+#if DEVELOPMENT || DEBUG
+#define IODEBUG_CTLFLAGS CTLFLAG_RW
+#else
+#define IODEBUG_CTLFLAGS CTLFLAG_RD
+#endif
+
+SYSCTL_QUAD(_debug, OID_AUTO, iokit, IODEBUG_CTLFLAGS | CTLFLAG_LOCKED, &gIOKitDebug, "boot_arg io");
SYSCTL_QUAD(_debug, OID_AUTO, iotrace, CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_LOCKED, &gIOKitTrace, "trace io");