Deprecate /proc/pci
As discussed on lkml, /proc/pci is past his functional usefulness, and has been obviated by lspci(8). lspci can provide all the same information, plus so much more. And, it doesn't rely on having an in-kernel database of PCI names. This change does: - Create config parameter: PCI_LEGACY_PROC. - Add deprecation notice to Kconfig text. - Wrap code in #ifdef in drivers/pci/proc.c This does nothing with the names database, though we would probably be better off removing that as well. The PCI name field is used now only so drivers can print a useful message on startup - hardly a justification for 60kB + increase in size..
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