Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jan 2002 00:52:10 -0500 | From | "Eric S. Raymond" <> | Subject | Re: Calling EISA experts |
| |
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>: > > Minimal approach: Register motherboard EISA ID (i.e. slot zero) ports in > > /proc/ioports. Works on all kernel versions. See $0.02 patch below. > > > > This is probably the least intrusive way to get what you want. It doesn't > > add Yet Another Proc File, and costs zero bloat to the 99.9% of us who > > have a better chance of meeting Aunt Tillie than an EISA box. > > > > Possible alternative: Create something like /proc/bus/eisa/devices which > > lists the EISA ID (e.g. abc0123) found in each EISA slot. This might > > have been worthwhile some 8 years ago, but now? .... > > Actually, "lsescd" should list the EISA (and ISAPNP) configuration data, > which includes EISA id, etc.
I do not find this command on my RH7.2 system. Can you tell me more about it?
I like the /proc/ioports approach and agree that /proc/bus/eisa/ seems like overkill at this late date. -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. -- Albert Einstein - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |