Re: Regarding pciids

From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:27:25 -0700
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Alexander Best <arundel_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> 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?
>>
>> cheers.
>> alex
>>
>> >
>> > 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.

    I noted this a while back to Warner and Brooke as I came up with a
short script to do this, and they suggested that it be supplemented to
the existing list, not replace it.
Cheers,
-Garrett
Received on Mon Oct 18 2010 - 15:27:28 UTC

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