Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Nov 1998 16:20:00 +0000 (GMT) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | /proc/pci, lspci etc. |
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Hello guys,
I saw people arguing about removing /proc/pci and would like to remind of one simple point why /proc/pci is a good thing. There is no doubt that lspci utility (part of the wonderful pciutils package by Martin Mares) is far superiour to anything else (i.e. /proc/pci and scanpci) for examining PCI configuration space. However, when you are installing a new system you do not usually have lspci available, but /proc/pci is always there.
Yes, you can argue that Linux distributors should include it on their boot disks etc. but this being "taste-specific" will lead to nowhere, except plenty of headache for everyone.
So, imho, although /proc/pci should be obsoleted by much better lspci this should not happen until one ensures that lspci can be used in *ALL* situations instead, including installation process itself.
Regards, Tigran
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