Re: /proc/pci cleanup

Chris Wedgwood (chris@f00f.org)
Tue, 30 Dec 1997 11:55:57 +1300


Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 04:36:39 -0500 (EST)
From: James Mastros <root@jennifer-unix.dyn.ml.org>
To: Chris Wedgwood <chris@f00f.org>
cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Re: /proc/pci cleanup
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On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
[...]
> + DEVICE( COMPAQ, COMPAQ_NETEL10, "Netelligent 10"),
[...]
> I've alway wondered why these text-strings are necessary in the kernel?
> Surely numeric values would suffice - and have the values parsed via
> something in user land?
[...]

Umm... that's what this patch is supposed to do; the table you see is for
compatablity and can be disabled with a config option

<g>

Doh!.. my brain is still on vacation... I didn't read the patch properly.

-Chris