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    SubjectRe: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?
    On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 05:24:48PM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
    > But you're thinking like a developer, not a user. The right question
    > is which approach requires the lowest level of *user* privilege to get
    > the job done. Comparing world-readable /proc files versus a setuid app,
    > the answer is obvious. This sort of thing is exactly what /proc is *for*.

    What's wrong with a startup routine that includes something like:

    dmidecode > /var/run/dmi

    mrc
    --
    Mike Castle dalgoda@ix.netcom.com www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/
    We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen
    fatal ("You are in a maze of twisty compiler features, all different"); -- gcc
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