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To: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?
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Dave Jones wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> 
> 
>>Of course, /proc/bus/pci contains forbidden binary files.
>>You're supposed to be happy with ASCII text, as found in
>>the /proc/pci file.
>>
> 
> You miss the point. The point was that /proc/pci doesn't
> expose all of pci config space, whereas /proc/bus/pci does.
> The fact that it's binary instead of ascii is neither here nor there.
> 


... and if you want to see something that's worse than either, check out 
/proc/ide/hda/identify.  Converting binary to hex doesn't aid in display 
in any shape, way, or form; all it does is make it impossible to use 
"dd" to do what I want, or from using my own hexdump tool.

Binary has a place, and "ASCII for ASCIIs sake" is just stupidity.

	-hpa


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