On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote: > There are other network devices that do not claim > PCI_CLASS_NETWORK_ETHERNET either.
Nor any other PCI_CLASS_NETWORK subclass? > Since this is a purely cosmetic issue -- said userland tools would need > to support weird cases _anyway_ -- I am not inclined to apply the patch. What would you recommend as a method for userspace to detect whether given hardware is a network card, supposing that there is no driver bound to it yet? > The kernel could do a lot to make things "prettier," but that would lead > to lots of additional code bloat. It's easier to export the world as it > is, and let the chips fall where they may. OK, I don't seem to agree with you on this matter, let's wait for Greg's oppinion. Thanks, -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
