Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?

Lionel Bouton
2002-01-02T23:36:25Z

Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> 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.
>

If in rc.sysinit a call to "dmidecode > /var/run/dmi" were to go in the
user space 2.6 kernel build dependancies in Documentation/Changes,
you'll be on the same level.