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Dave Jones wrote: > On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > > >>Of course, /proc/bus/pci contains forbidden binary files. >>You're supposed to be happy with ASCII text, as found in >>the /proc/pci file. >> > > You miss the point. The point was that /proc/pci doesn't > expose all of pci config space, whereas /proc/bus/pci does. > The fact that it's binary instead of ascii is neither here nor there. > ... and if you want to see something that's worse than either, check out /proc/ide/hda/identify. Converting binary to hex doesn't aid in display in any shape, way, or form; all it does is make it impossible to use "dd" to do what I want, or from using my own hexdump tool. Binary has a place, and "ASCII for ASCIIs sake" is just stupidity. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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