Re: /proc/pci unknown devices

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:21:27 -0400

Dan Hollis wrote:
>
> On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Jones D (ISaCS) wrote:
> > I seem to recall Martin Mares submitting a patch killing off /proc/pci,
> > which Linus rejected. The following kernel featured some updated IDs,
> > and some new code to handle the reformatted list.
>
> Any reason why it was rejected? I dont think "legacy compatibility" is
> good enough considering we have /proc/bus/pci and pciutils now.

I dunno. I use 'cat /proc/pci' quite often. pciutils always seems to
lag behind the 2.3.x kernel info, at least for now.

> > I believe Martin is working on a script to convert his pci.ids into a
> > form that the kernel code understands..
>
> Oh, yuck. 35kbyte of static text tables in the kernel. And it will just
> grow and grow...
>
> Someone please tell me this isnt the case.

That isn't the case. :)

The tables are marked with __initdata.

Jeff

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