From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ISA hardware discovery -- the elegant solution
Date: 14 Jan 2002 01:17:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a1u7o5$p11$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020113205839.A4434@thyrsus.com> <m1k7ulpbf7.fsf@frodo.biederman.org> <20020114034831.A5780@thyrsus.com>
Followup to: <20020114034831.A5780@thyrsus.com>
By author: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> But the kernel itself has to know how to probe and initialize these devices
> at boot time, correct? That information is implicitly exported via
> /var/log/dmesg -- I'm simply suggesting that it be a little more explicit.
>
dmesg is lossy. Don't assume it is complete.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-14 9:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-14 1:58 ISA hardware discovery -- the elegant solution Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-14 2:54 ` Larry McVoy
2002-01-14 8:46 ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-01-14 8:48 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-14 9:17 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2002-01-14 17:34 ` Eric W. Biederman
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2002-01-14 8:03 Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-01-14 9:44 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-14 14:00 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
[not found] <fa.dardpev.1m1emjp@ifi.uio.no>
2002-01-14 10:14 ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2002-01-14 16:16 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-14 16:38 ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2002-01-14 16:34 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-14 17:48 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-14 17:55 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2002-01-14 18:08 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-14 17:59 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-14 18:35 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-14 11:17 Michael Lazarou (ETL)
2002-01-14 16:11 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-14 16:59 ` Eli Carter
2002-01-14 17:11 ` Wichert Akkerman
2002-01-14 18:33 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-01-14 23:02 ` Tom Gilbert
2002-01-14 18:58 ` Andrew Pimlott
[not found] <fa.r42lgsv.1b5e3p9@ifi.uio.no>
2002-01-14 12:30 ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2002-01-14 14:25 Michael Lazarou (ETL)
2002-01-14 14:47 ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2002-01-14 18:36 Stephen Shirley
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