Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:42:48 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Going beyond 256 PCI buses |
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On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, David S. Miller wrote: > Albert D. Cahalan writes: > > >> /proc/bus/PCI/0/0/3/0/config config space > > > > > > Which breaks xfree86 instantly. This fix is unacceptable. > > > > Nope. Keep /proc/bus/pci until Linux 3.14 if you like. > > The above is /proc/bus/PCI. That's "PCI", not "pci". > > We still have /proc/pci after all. > > Oh I see. > > Well, xfree86 and other programs aren't going to look there, so > something had to be done about the existing /proc/bus/pci/* hierarchy. > > To be honest, xfree86 needs the controller information not for the > sake of device probing, it needs it to detect resource conflicts.
Well, those resource conflicts shouldn't be there in the first place. They should be handled by the OS.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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