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From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>
To: Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Regarding pciids
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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.

cheers.
alex

> > 
> > -- 
> > Alex Dupre
> 
> -- 
> a13x

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