On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 08:57:43PM -0700, Jon Smirl wrote: >As far as I know linux/pci_ids.h is not being >generated, it is hand built. That probably explains >why it had about 15 entries in it that were wrong for >the Radeon/Rage128.
Same is true for xf86PciInfo.h (being hand generated), although most of those macros might be better located in the individual drivers. >My understanding is that drivers/pci/pci.ids is >semi-hand built. It is partially generated from >http://pciids.sf.net/ and then hand diffed. It can be >config'ed out of the kernel by unchecking PCI >Names/PCI_CONFIG_NAMES. When there are no pretty name >available from PCI names then I generate one from chip >ID and PCI ID. This name is only used to log the >sign-on message so that you know the driver loaded and >found your card. pci.ids from pciids.sf.net is used for a similar purpose in XFree86 (the pcidata and scanpci modules, and the scanpci utility). David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
