From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 5 09:19:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6054106564A for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 09:19:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patula777@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75A4A8FC0A for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 09:19:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywp17 with SMTP id 17so5898695ywp.13 for ; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:19:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=4m8zSEWGS5icQtuwIsbsL2/kh/LuUbmYr50muFG6H0Y=; b=ahDR6/wYbDqMT02GZmFtBPyZYQShMPT6trkrEFA/zfAalzPbNHF1dToLjzrTik8Pr1 zcNQwfd69JfPGK4aaa6XJvP7AL7zvEdZ8z+/X51+qiBSprjNP/0PR6+zHWnZWQJbSO+w 1WGRG8Md2RSepEoT+ldBvNQ30pV0AC1qRXoPk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.155.2 with SMTP id i2mr9683452yhk.115.1323076778744; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:19:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.73.34 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:19:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EDC0355.4030908@FreeBSD.org> References: <4EDC0355.4030908@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:19:38 +0100 Message-ID: From: =?UTF-8?B?5Zu+5r2Y?= To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Hardware List X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:19:39 -0000 I have looked at it, thank you, unfortunately it does not work as i had in mind as I still have to identify the hardware itself, so I need to find out the pci device id for each chipset (and/or vice versa). In hardware terms, I am working with device ids and not with chipsets. Is there also a document covering the ids itself? On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Christian Brueffer w= rote: > On 12/4/11 23:54 , =E5=9B=BE=E6=BD=98 wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I am trying to build a freebsd hardware compatibility database merging i= t >> with vendor hardware databases, so that searching for supported devices = or >> products will be easier than checking the man pages or the web. >> >> Anyway, I checked the hardware release notes as a first start and stoppe= d >> at the statement. >> >> Note: The device lists in this document are being generated automaticall= y >> from FreeBSD manual pages. This means that some devices, which are >> supported by multiple drivers, may appear multiple times. >> >> So, could anybody tell me how you generate this list. >> I would use this script and generate a list, that more fits the structur= e >> of the database. >> >> > The hardware notes are mostly compiled from the HARDWARE sections of the > section 4 manpages. The interesting files are the following: > > src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-**1/hardware/article.sgml > src/release/doc/share/misc/man**2hwnotes.pl > src/release/doc/share/misc/**dev.archlist.txt > > doc/share/sgml/man-refs.ent > > Note that there are still some "manual" entries in article.sgml. > > Cheers, > > Chris >