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Subject: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?
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Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
> 
>>>(Telling me to rely on dmidecode already being installed SUID is not
>>>a good answer either.  No prizes for figuring out why.)
>>>
>>Well you can't rely on the kernel having the modification either. 
>>
> 
> If /proc/dmi were to go in soon, at least I *could* rely on it in 2.6.
> 

If in rc.sysinit a call to "dmidecode > /var/run/dmi" were to go in the 
user space 2.6 kernel build dependancies in Documentation/Changes, 
you'll be on the same level.


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