Re: Regarding pciids

On Mon Oct 18 10, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> 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.

why? the mares list is obviosly superior, because linux contributes to it and
thus has far more people submitting changes than any other list.

is there a case where the old list has an entry the mares list is missing?

cheers.
alex

> Cheers,
> -Garrett

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