Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:49:59 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>, Alex Dupre <ale@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>, Jakub Lach <jakub_lach@mailplus.pl> Subject: Re: Regarding pciids Message-ID: <201011290950.00192.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20101123232003.GB5056@freebsd.org> References: <4C9389BC.7090300@FreeBSD.org> <4CEC35BB.4040600@freebsd.org> <20101123232003.GB5056@freebsd.org>
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On Tuesday, November 23, 2010 6:20:03 pm Alexander Best wrote: > On Tue Nov 23 10, Andriy Gapon wrote: > > 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! > > iirc the problem is that some entries in the current pciid list are not present > in the mares list. this leaves two options: > > 1) take the mares list and add the missing entries from the current pciid > version or > 2) try to get all entries from the current pciid committed upstream to the > mares list and once that's been done do a complete import of the mares list, > replacing the current pciid file entirely. I think go for 1) for now. Has anyone asked the mares folks about 2)? -- John Baldwin
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