Updating PCI vendors database

[Philip Paeps]

On 2011-04-04 11:04:38 (-0700), Doug Barton <dougb at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> On 04/04/2011 07:10, Philip Paeps wrote:
> > It looks like our /usr/share/misc/pci_vendors list (used only by pciconf
> > as far as I can tell) has become rather stale.  We also appear to be
> > tracking sources which no longer exist.
> >
> > Would anyone object if I updated this list to source the same database
> > used by Linux distributions at http://pciids.sourceforge.net/v2.2/pci.ids?
> >
> > It helps that our pciconf looks to be compatible with that format.  We
> > just ignore subvendor and subdevice, but it doesn't appear to matter that
> > the file contains this information.
> >
> > I could cull the subvendor/subdevice from the list though.
> >
> > Any views?
> 
> Having read this thread, and the last one, my opinion is, let's do it
> already. :) 

I'll wait a little longer for more comments but then: yes, I'll go and do it.

> Repo churn should not, under any circumstances, be a consideration in
> technical improvements. I agree with those who have said that the new list
> should be confirmed to be a superset of the old, and anything missing should
> be merged in. Checking with Jack about Intel stuff is also reasonable, as
> would be cross-checking with what NetBSD and OpenBSD are doing (and perhaps
> communicating with them about your work).
> 
> So, not a slam-dunk, but definitely a clear path forward. Oh, and I
> personally don't see a problem with MFC'ing this, but I'm willing to be
> convinced.

I was thinking of putting it in head and waiting a good while for the
screaming to subside and the fires to go out before raising the idea of
merging it to stable.

Barring any clear counterindications, I'll just "do this" in the next day or
so.

 - Philip

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