On Monday 21 April 2008 17:24:34 Larry Finger wrote: > Michael Buesch wrote: > > On Sunday 20 April 2008 22:41:27 Larry Finger wrote: > > --snip-- > > >> +Obtaining a disk copy of the sprom contents > >> +------------------------------------------- > >> + > >> +This file name for the sprom contents depends on the bus layout of > >> +the specific computer being used and will be something cryptic like > >> + > >> +/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.0/ssb_sprom > >> + > >> +It is not recommended that you try to type the name. Instead, you > >> +should use the following commands to get the working copy: > >> + > >> +SSB_SPROM=$(find /sys -name ssb_sprom) > >> +sudo cat $SSB_SPROM > ssb_sprom_copy > > > > This is _dangerous_, if the person doing this has two SSB based > > cards in the machine. It is extremely dangerous, if there's a b44 and b43 > > card in the machine! > > We should instead go the way down explaining what this "cryptic" (no it's > > not cryptic) path means and explain how to derive it from lspci info. > > If the above commands were run on a machine with more than one > SSB-based device, I expect that SSB_SPROM would have one line for > each. Is this correct?
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