Re: /proc/pci unknown devices

Gerd Knorr (kraxel@goldbach.in-berlin.de)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 22:19:22 +0200


> > I believe Martin is working on a script to convert his pci.ids into a
> > form that the kernel code understands..
>
> Oh, yuck. 35kbyte of static text tables in the kernel. And it will just
> grow and grow...
>
> Someone please tell me this isnt the case.

__initdata. The kernel will copy the few lines it needs for the devices
it has found and free anything else.

Gerd

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