Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?

Eric S. Raymond (esr@thyrsus.com)
Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:07:54 -0500

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.

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