RE: /proc/pci unknown devices
Michael Cummins (mjcumm@isa.mim.com.au)
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 08:46:46 +1000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Hollis [mailto:goemon@sasami.anime.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, 26 October 1999 8:13
> To: Jeff Garzik
> Cc: Gerard Roudier; David Parsons; x-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: /proc/pci unknown devices
>
>
> On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Dan Hollis wrote:
> > > For those running embedded pci systems the extra 35kb of wasted text
> > > strings is not really nice. Especially if you are going to have to ROM
the
> > > image. For some users this could make the difference between kernel
too
> > > large for lilo, and one that works.
> > Keeping the names in the kernel eliminates the need for pciutils in many
> > embedded systems, making it the better choice!
>
> Theres more to pciutils than lspci. (Did you ever look?)
>
> I guess its moot anyway now that the choice has been taken out of users
> hands.
>
> > > I thought we were trying to avoid M$-thinking, or is redmond starting
to
> > > influence developers, "16kb here, 32kb there, it won't matter".
> > 32k of __initdata, _before_ it is compressed, is not a bad deal.
>
> And users now have no choice in the matter anyway? Oh well.
>
Just a question..Is Jeff mentioned an embedded device or a computer. (I'm a
bit confused)
If he means the former, how the hell did such an obscure area manage to out
compete main-stream computers in kernel development.
Michael (Does quite know what he's talking about) Cummins
> -Dan
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