Re: [Fwd: Re: drivers DB and id/ info registration]

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed May 26 2004 - 19:42:13 EST


On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 06:08:08AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>
> Hmm, I guess lkml is going to be pretty well kernel-centric.

Hasn't it always been? :)

> Are you saying "it'll be ripped out and discarded forever" or
> "ripped out and placed in userspace where it always shoulda been"?

"Ripped out as it is already in userspace where it belongs". Look in
the package that provides your 'lspci' binary.

> I'm still not convinced that having comprehensive device recognition
> is pointless (but I'm not trying to push something that excludes
> drivers here either ...).

That's fine. Again, talk to the HAL people, they are working on this.

Good luck,

greg k-h
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