CONFIG_PCI_NAMES: PCI device name database

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_PCI_NAMES:

• prompt: PCI device name database
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_PCI
• defined in drivers/pci/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.13

Help text

By default, the kernel contains a database of all known PCI device names to make the information in /proc/pci, /proc/ioports and similar files comprehensible to the user.

This database increases size of the kernel image by about 80KB. This memory is freed after the system boots up if HOTPLUG is not set.

Anyway, if you are building an installation floppy or kernel for an embedded system where kernel image size really matters, you can disable this feature and you'll get device ID numbers instead of names.

When in doubt, say Y.

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