Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 05 Jan 2002 12:29:22 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? |
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Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > > >>Of course, /proc/bus/pci contains forbidden binary files. >>You're supposed to be happy with ASCII text, as found in >>the /proc/pci file. >> > > You miss the point. The point was that /proc/pci doesn't > expose all of pci config space, whereas /proc/bus/pci does. > The fact that it's binary instead of ascii is neither here nor there. >
... and if you want to see something that's worse than either, check out /proc/ide/hda/identify. Converting binary to hex doesn't aid in display in any shape, way, or form; all it does is make it impossible to use "dd" to do what I want, or from using my own hexdump tool.
Binary has a place, and "ASCII for ASCIIs sake" is just stupidity.
-hpa
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