Re: Regarding pciids

on 18/10/2010 18:28 Alexander Best said the following:
> On Mon Oct 18 10, Alexander Best wrote:
>> On Fri Sep 17 10, Alex Dupre wrote:
>>> I created hackish scripts to generate pci_vendors file from Boemler and
>>> Mares (pciids.sf.net) lists. I haven't found the Hart list.
>>>
>>> The results of the scripts are here:
>>
>> sorry it seems i missed your post back then.
>>
>> i found two more lists:
>>
>> http://rh-software.com/downloads/pcidevs.txt
>> and
>> http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-browse.php?dir=/pub/incoming (seems to be based on the
>> Hart list)
>>
>> the actual Hart list seems to have vanished and the web location is no longer
>> accessible.
>>
>> personally i don't think it's necessary to combine the data of two files. the
>> mares database seems extremely elaborate. all my pci devices get described
>> properly. also making use of only one databse would make it more easy to submit
>> additional info back to the vendor.
>>
>> so any objections to switching to the mares list?
>>>
>>> http://www.alexdupre.com/pci_vendors/mares.txt
>>> http://www.alexdupre.com/pci_vendors/boemler.txt
>>> http://www.alexdupre.com/pci_vendors/mares-boemler.txt
>>> http://www.alexdupre.com/pci_vendors/boemler-mares.txt
>>>
>>> The first two are generated from single lists, the last two are
>>> combined, with different preference order.
> 
> oh...and i think it would be a good idea to move from ";" as comment character
> to "#". that way we wouldn't need to run a script, but could include the vendor
> file directly into the src tree.

So, guys, perhaps I missed the patch(es) - I think that I am interested in
reviewing them and getting them committed.

Many thanks!
-- 
Andriy Gapon