lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1999]   [Oct]   [25]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
SubjectRe: /proc/pci unknown devices
From
Date
>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net> writes:

Dan> On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Dan Hollis wrote: > /proc/pci is going away. Try lspci instead.
>> Are you sure? After a patch in the 2.3.x series, /proc/pci was
>> made non-optional.

Dan> Interesting. Does this mean we will be stuck forever with an
Dan> ever-growing unswappable static text table in the kernel?

Dan> At least 2.2.x said printk(KERN_INFO "%s uses obsolete /proc/pci
Dan> interface\n",

Dan> Has this decision been reversed?

Linus posted recently that he liked it and wanted to keep it if I am
not mistaken.

Besides, the table doesn't need to be a large static ever growing
table, all you do is to copy the entries for the PCI devices you found
to a new list and delete the rest.

Jes

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:54    [W:0.040 / U:24.228 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site