Re: /proc/bus/pci odd behavior

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 05:01:53 +0100 (BST)

> to know what he is doing and system interfaces should not be obscurified
> just to make the machine uncrashable by root who types commands he doesn't
> understand. /proc/ioports is just the same story and nobody is worried
> about it -- do you see any difference?

Hardly /proc/ioports is a linked list of driver names and I/O reservations.

/dev/port is a better example. However being a device file find and tar and
the like dont tend to drop you nasty suprises from it.

Alan

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