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SubjectRe: /proc/pci unknown devices
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.

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