Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Oct 1999 12:37:24 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: /proc/pci unknown devices |
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On 25 Oct 1999, david parsons wrote: > >Interesting. Does this mean we will be stuck forever with an ever-growing > >unswappable static text table in the kernel? > No. > Aside from some value of backwards compatability, /proc/pci is useful > as it stands right now with (for example) > Vendor id=1106. Device id=8598. > which a well-behaved userland can pick up in a much cleaner fashion > than having to hope that userland keeps up with the explosion in > PCI devices.
Isnt this what /proc/bus/pci is for? That is, parsing binary will be much cleaner fashion than parsing text strings out of a funky formatted text file.
-Dan
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