Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Oct 1999 18:45:30 -0400 | From | Wakko Warner <> | Subject | Re: /proc/pci unknown devices |
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Jeff Garzik wrote: > Dan Hollis wrote: > > For those running embedded pci systems the extra 35kb of wasted text > > strings is not really nice. Especially if you are going to have to ROM the > > image. For some users this could make the difference between kernel too > > large for lilo, and one that works. > > Keeping the names in the kernel eliminates the need for pciutils in many > embedded systems, making it the better choice! > > > > I thought we were trying to avoid M$-thinking, or is redmond starting to > > influence developers, "16kb here, 32kb there, it won't matter". > > 32k of __initdata, _before_ it is compressed, is not a bad deal.
Personally, I like /proc/pci. I have lots of machines on nfsroot and cat /proc/pci has always given me what I want. lspci? didn't work, Oops, forgot to copy it. I'll probably never update it if I did. the kernel? On floppy and updated every now and then.
Anyway, noone has seemed to say 'Make it a config option'...
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