Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 7 Dec 2002 08:10:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 7 Dec 2002 08:10:23 -0500 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:33297 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 7 Dec 2002 08:10:21 -0500 Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 14:14:24 +0100 From: Tomas Szepe To: Petr Vandrovec Cc: Patrick Mochel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , jgarzik@pobox.com Subject: Re: /proc/pci deprecation? Message-ID: <20021207131424.GL32065@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <997222131F7@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <997222131F7@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 823 Lines: 18 > > IMO, yes, since those tools provide the summary, and exist almost purely in > > userspace. I forgot to mention in the orginal email that we could also drop > > the PCI names database, right? This would save a considerable amount in the > > kernel image alone.. > > If you want, make it user configurable like it was during 2.2.x. But > I personally prefer descriptive names and system overview I can parse > without having mounted /usr to get working lspci. Actually I'm inclined to insist that lspci belong in /sbin. Really. :) -- Tomas Szepe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/