[kernel] r4992 - in dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian: . patches-debian patches-debian/series

Thu Dec 8 20:45:32 UTC 2005

On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 01:31:19PM -0700, dann frazier wrote:
> I'm not sure how this interface gets exposed to userspace, or how it
> helps initramfs-tools - I just inferred from the bug report that this
> led to this information being exposed in sysfs where initramfs-tools
> (via udev) could use it for device discovery.

The way it's traditionally used is via the
/lib/modules/$ver/modules.pcimap file that allows match drivers to PCI
IDs.