Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 Jul 2002 13:50:05 -0400 (EDT) | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: RFC: /proc/pci removal? |
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On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Martin Mares wrote:
> Hello, world!\n > > > ISTR Linus was quite attached to it, so it got un-obsoleted. > > Exactly. I've marked it as obsolete years ago, but when I wanted > to rip it out, Linus said he likes /proc/pci and it has to stay. > > I still think that it's an extremely ugly interface, especially > because it requires the kernel to contain the list of vendor and device > names.
If for no other reason than allowing easy updates, this would be a good place for a module. Of course you can say that about the blacklisted chipsets, etc, as well.
I guess if it's a favorite feature it stays. I do use it, but there are other tools as mentioned.
-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
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