RE: /proc/pci unknown devices

Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 11:29:10 -0700 (PDT)

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 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.

-Dan

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