on Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:53:07AM +0000, andrej hocevar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 08:01:12PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 02:19:35PM +0000, andrej hocevar ([EMAIL > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > lately i've inherited my brother's rockwell modem, which is a hsf, > > > meaning, as far as i know, it's a winmodem. so i took a look a > > > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Conexant+Rockwell-modem-HOWTO/hsf.html > > > the instruction say to change the content of /proc/pci. > > > which is the problem -- i cannot do it as i can't change the > > > permissions! > > > what's the answer? or is there another way of making such a modem > > > work? (as you see, i can do without as well, but my own modem is > > > supposably slower ...) > > > > /proc is a virtual filesystem. Features are determined by supported > > compiled into (or provided via a module) in your kernel. > > > > Changes to /proc settings must be supported by your kernel, and > > performed as root.
Please use postfix quoting format: your reply goes below the material cited. Trim your quotes appropriately and ensure your attributions are accurate. Fix your mailer. cc'ing 'root' on my host isn't going to do either of us much good. Thank you. > so now i've found out that there's also the /proc/sys/proc directory > to which one should be able to write and thus make modifications to > the system. since it is empty, do i just have to create a new file > with the name /proc/sys/proc/pci and append only the lines i first > wanted to add to /proc/pci? or do i need to copy the whole /proc/pci > plus the new lines? Learn the use of your shift key. It makes reading posts far easier. IIRC (too lazy to search kernel docs: /usr/src/linuc/Documentation), /proc/sys/pci is one of the PCI support options in the kernel. You *cannot* create files under /proc via standard filesystem commands. That's not how proc works. The directory and file structure are determined by your kernel. You'll need to compile in appropriate support. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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