Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?

[Mr. James W. Laferriere]

	Hello Dave , All,

On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> > > AFAIAC, the /proc/ide/ stuff should never have happened.
> > > It's proven that every bit of it can be done in userspace.
> > 	Then lets get rid of /proc/scsi , How about /proc/sys ...
> > 	What is the differance here ?  Maybe I am missing something ?
> And what would you replace /proc/scsi/ with ?
	And what is there to replace /proc/ide ?  I see no other facility
	in /proc to do the job .  Again am I missing something here ?

> Neither of the two you mention have viable alternatives. (yet)
	Then I submit that neither does ide .  I see nothing in your
	reply that shows me a differance between ide & scsi in /proc .

> The only time I'd consider sysctl(2) over poking /proc/sys entries
> would possibly be on an embedded system with no /proc/sys. And even then,
> I'd rather try and justify having /proc. ISTR viro proposing to split
> proc/sys out to sysctlfs at some point, which would solve this dilemma
> nicely.
	Now tho I have to agree with you here .  Tia ,  JimL

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