Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:17:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:17:33 -0400 Received: from 12-231-243-94.client.attbi.com ([12.231.243.94]:19212 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:17:32 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:19:07 -0700 From: Greg KH To: John Levon Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: network driver informations [general NIC, Wireless and e100] Message-ID: <20020802191907.GA953@kroah.com> References: <20020731212426.GA3342@schottelius.org> <3D492531.9030905@mandrakesoft.com> <20020801174252.GA58488@compsoc.man.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020801174252.GA58488@compsoc.man.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.21 (i586) Reply-By: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 18:11:02 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 895 Lines: 24 On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 06:42:52PM +0100, John Levon wrote: > On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 08:10:25AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > Al Viro has talked about, long term, making this information available > > through a filesystem. When that happens, your request will have > > basically been implemented. > > It would probably help if some of the basic code needed was wrapped in > an even more "dumbed-down" API - most of the stuff in say pcihpfs is > generically useful for this sort of configfs thing. Hm, like perhaps 'driverfs'? :) That's where pcihpfs is going to go to, as soon as Pat makes a few more changes to the API. thanks, greg k-h - 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/