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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