Re: PATCH 2.2.18.9: Backport /proc/pci from 2.4.x to 2.2.x

From: Andrzej Krzysztofowicz (ankry@green.mif.pg.gda.pl)
Date: Mon Sep 25 2000 - 06:46:46 EST


>
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 11:07:58 +0200 (CEST),
> Andrzej Krzysztofowicz <ankry@green.mif.pg.gda.pl> wrote:
> >BTW, what do you think of idea making the pci.ids base modular ?
> >The module while loading should process the queue.
>
> Does the modules.pcimap file creates by recent modules do what you
> want? It maps PCI vendor and device codes to the module that supports
> them.

I'm affraid no. Which module should be responsible for VGA/PCI-PCI bridge/
PCI-ISA bridge/IDE and all other features compiled into kernel ?
I mean updating the data not at boot time (when it is not always necessary,
but later).

Probably it would be also an alternative solution for modules.pcimap.

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