Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 30 Nov 1998 13:18:30 +0000 (GMT) | | From | Simon <> | | Subject | Re: unkown PCI device |
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On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Martin Mares wrote:
> Hello, > > > Sorry, I've just realized that it shouldn't have sent to the list because > > /proc/pci is absolote in 2.1.x kernels, and other utilites like lspci > > have user space solutions (/etc/pci.ids for example). Sorry again. > > > > Btw : When /proc/pci will be removed from the kernel source ? > > Since several commercial X servers parse /proc/pci to get device addresses, > we probably need to keep this interface in 2.2. If Linus agrees, I'll remove > it at start of the 2.3 line.
Is there any good reason why /proc/pci couldn't be generated at boot time using a script of some kind? That way, old stuff that relies on it could still work, new PCI devices could be included without having to alter the kernel[1][2] and kernel developers get the freedom to clean out kruft from the kernel.
Cheers,
Simon
[1] I may have misread some of the arguments here, but the impression that I have is that the device strings are stored in the kernel. [2] Since you could use a file to store any information needed.... -- Personificaters of the world unite! You've nothing to loose but Mr Dignity
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