Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Jan 2002 22:31:35 +0100 (CET) | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? |
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On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> I just downloaded and tested Arjan deVen's dmidecode.c program. > That will do what I want, but it has the irritating problem that > it requires root privileges for access to /dev/kmem.
Yup, needs to map BIOS tables.
> Is the DMI data available in /proc files anywhere?
Nope.
> If not, should it be?
Questionable. Dumping this in /proc just to make kernel autoconfig easier seems dreadful overkill.
-- | Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk | SuSE Labs
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