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John Chambers wrote in a message to Mike Bilow: JC> While contemplating a major upgrade of this linux, JC> I've been wondering: Is there a straightforward way to JC> get all the IRQ, IOR, and other such config information out JC> of the current linux system? cat /proc/interrupts cat /proc/ioports JC> The install instruction JC> seem to generally suggest that you use the W95 tools. But JC> this seems to mean wandering around in a maze of little JC> windows (all alike), writing things down by hand, and JC> never being sure that you've got it all. You forgot "twisty." JC> Since the linux JC> kernel must also know all that stuff (else it couldn't JC> access the hardware), it seems that there oughta be a way to JC> dig it out and print out a copy for use in building the next JC> kernel. There is a rich wealth of information in the /proc filesystem. JC> There are a few such numbers in /etc/boot.log, but not JC> nearly all. I've dug around in various HOWTOs with no luck. JC> Another possibility, of course, is that W95 has a way to JC> produce a summary table. But I haven't stumbled across a JC> clue that they ever thought of such a thing, and their JC> philosophy does seem to be one of lots of little individual JC> config windows. You can print some info from the Windows 95 Device Manager, found in System in Control Panel. Be aware that Linux and Windows 95 may not share the same view of hardware, especially when devices are configurable in software as with PCI, PnP, or PCMCIA. -- Mike
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