From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 29 15:32:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 789DE106566B; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:32:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 482508FC0C; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:32:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0091E46B03; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:32:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (smtp.hudson-trading.com [209.249.190.9]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D7D058A01D; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:32:20 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:49:59 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/7.3-CBSD-20101102; KDE/4.4.5; amd64; ; ) References: <4C9389BC.7090300@FreeBSD.org> <4CEC35BB.4040600@freebsd.org> <20101123232003.GB5056@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20101123232003.GB5056@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201011290950.00192.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:32:20 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.3 at bigwig.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=4.2 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on bigwig.baldwin.cx Cc: Alexander Best , Alex Dupre , current@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon , Jakub Lach Subject: Re: Regarding pciids X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:32:22 -0000 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