Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Sep 1997 12:11:37 +0200 (METDST) | From | Gabriel Paubert <> | Subject | Re: /proc/pci design idea |
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On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Stephen Williams wrote:
> I'm trying to get vendor/device names out of the kernel. > > The boot messages would include string names for the classes and hex > dumps of the id number for tracking things down. Although putting the strings > in init is an interesting idea. > > As for the format of information that the user-mode pretty printer gets, > the PCI configuration space layout is standard and stable.
Does anybody know what configuration space header type 2 layout is ? This type was found on a SiS5107 docking station PCI<->PCI bridge last week. Tried to find it across the web, but not a single reference, even in the ads giving the table of contents of recent books on the subject.
> Version problems won't be an issue and there are simply no suprises this > way. Plus it may serve other nifty purposes I haven't thought of.
After having a look at the code, I think there is still a problem (unless I don't understand it): it only scans configuration at boot, and hot plugging PCI is becoming more common (docking stations, CompactPCI...). Would it be possible to make the directory structure more dynamic ? I'm aware it may be quite complex :-(
Greetings, Gabriel.
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