Re: USB_VERBOSE and vendor-/productnames
On Tue Sep 14 10, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: On Tuesday 14 September 2010 02:20:17 Alexander Best wrote: hi there, a lot of people report issues where usbconfig doesn't show a vendor or device name, although an usbdevs entry exists. i found a few replies to those reports by hps@ stating that USB_VERBOSE needs to be enabled. could anybody explain why? if that option needs to be enabled in order to see vendor and device names in usbconfig how come that even without it i see most of the vendor and device names with usbconfig: Hi, The reason the option is not default, is that the verbose database consume a couple of hundred kilobytes. does usbdevs actually get compiled into the kernel if USB_VERBOSE has been defined? that would explain the extra size. why not do it like the pci database? simply add usbdevs to /usr/share/misc and look for entries in that file for each request. cheers. alex ugen0.1: UHCI root HUB Intel at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen1.1: UHCI root HUB Intel at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen2.1: UHCI root HUB Intel at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen3.1: EHCI root HUB Intel at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen4.1: UHCI root HUB Intel at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen5.1: UHCI root HUB Intel at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen6.1: UHCI root HUB Intel at usbus6, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen7.1: EHCI root HUB Intel at usbus7, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen3.2: product 0x2514 vendor 0x0424 at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen1.2: Dell USB Keyboard Dell at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=LOW (1.5Mbps) pwr=ON ugen1.3: Razer 1600dpi Mouse Razer at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=LOW (1.5Mbps) pwr=ON my guess would be that these devices are missing the iManufacturer and/or iProduct string, but that's just a wild guess. if that is the case wouldn't it be possible to check for a usbdevs entry in case one of those strings don't exist and if there's an entry in usbdevs use it? i think the option USB_VERBOSE is not really accurate in this particular case. people who want usbconfig to output the vendor and product name actually want less verbosity (i.e. no product/vendor hex ids). I'm not sure if compiling this information into usbdevs will be any better. --HPS -- a13x ___ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: USB_VERBOSE and vendor-/productnames
On Thu Sep 16 10, Nick Hibma wrote: From: http://www.linux-usb.org/usb-ids.html The contents of the database and the generated files can be distributed under the terms of either the GNU General Public License (version 2 or later) or of the 3-clause BSD License. Do you want me make this list available in our source tree? any progress on this task? ;) cheers. alex Steps: 1) Write a script to download it and convert it to our usbdevs*.h files. 2) Match the entries with our own and add usbdevs*_legacy.h for FBSD8 systems, so recompilation of existing drivers is straightforward. 3) Test. Review. Bikeshed. Rinse. Repeat. 4) Commit. Nick On 14 Sep 2010, at 22:31, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: On Tuesday 14 September 2010 22:25:46 Alexander Best wrote: also i've been wondering why freebsd keeps its own set of a usb device db? the databse at http://www.linux-usb.org/usb-ids.html seems very active. can't we just use a script to create usbdevs from that db? that's how pci ids are mapped to vendors/products on freebsd (see http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org/msg124948.html). If we don't have to GPL the resulting .h and .c files. --HPS ___ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- a13x ___ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: USB_VERBOSE and vendor-/productnames
From: http://www.linux-usb.org/usb-ids.html The contents of the database and the generated files can be distributed under the terms of either the GNU General Public License (version 2 or later) or of the 3-clause BSD License. Do you want me make this list available in our source tree? Steps: 1) Write a script to download it and convert it to our usbdevs*.h files. 2) Match the entries with our own and add usbdevs*_legacy.h for FBSD8 systems, so recompilation of existing drivers is straightforward. 3) Test. Review. Bikeshed. Rinse. Repeat. 4) Commit. Nick On 14 Sep 2010, at 22:31, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: On Tuesday 14 September 2010 22:25:46 Alexander Best wrote: also i've been wondering why freebsd keeps its own set of a usb device db? the databse at http://www.linux-usb.org/usb-ids.html seems very active. can't we just use a script to create usbdevs from that db? that's how pci ids are mapped to vendors/products on freebsd (see http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org/msg124948.html). If we don't have to GPL the resulting .h and .c files. --HPS ___ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: USB_VERBOSE and vendor-/productnames
On Tuesday 14 September 2010 02:20:17 Alexander Best wrote: hi there, a lot of people report issues where usbconfig doesn't show a vendor or device name, although an usbdevs entry exists. i found a few replies to those reports by hps@ stating that USB_VERBOSE needs to be enabled. could anybody explain why? if that option needs to be enabled in order to see vendor and device names in usbconfig how come that even without it i see most of the vendor and device names with usbconfig: Hi, The reason the option is not default, is that the verbose database consume a couple of hundred kilobytes. ugen0.1: UHCI root HUB Intel at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen1.1: UHCI root HUB Intel at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen2.1: UHCI root HUB Intel at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen3.1: EHCI root HUB Intel at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen4.1: UHCI root HUB Intel at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen5.1: UHCI root HUB Intel at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen6.1: UHCI root HUB Intel at usbus6, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen7.1: EHCI root HUB Intel at usbus7, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen3.2: product 0x2514 vendor 0x0424 at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen1.2: Dell USB Keyboard Dell at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=LOW (1.5Mbps) pwr=ON ugen1.3: Razer 1600dpi Mouse Razer at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=LOW (1.5Mbps) pwr=ON my guess would be that these devices are missing the iManufacturer and/or iProduct string, but that's just a wild guess. if that is the case wouldn't it be possible to check for a usbdevs entry in case one of those strings don't exist and if there's an entry in usbdevs use it? i think the option USB_VERBOSE is not really accurate in this particular case. people who want usbconfig to output the vendor and product name actually want less verbosity (i.e. no product/vendor hex ids). I'm not sure if compiling this information into usbdevs will be any better. --HPS ___ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: USB_VERBOSE and vendor-/productnames
On Tuesday 14 September 2010 22:25:46 Alexander Best wrote: also i've been wondering why freebsd keeps its own set of a usb device db? the databse at http://www.linux-usb.org/usb-ids.html seems very active. can't we just use a script to create usbdevs from that db? that's how pci ids are mapped to vendors/products on freebsd (see http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org/msg124948.html). If we don't have to GPL the resulting .h and .c files. --HPS ___ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: USB_VERBOSE and vendor-/productnames
On Tue Sep 14 10, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: On Tuesday 14 September 2010 22:25:46 Alexander Best wrote: also i've been wondering why freebsd keeps its own set of a usb device db? the databse at http://www.linux-usb.org/usb-ids.html seems very active. can't we just use a script to create usbdevs from that db? that's how pci ids are mapped to vendors/products on freebsd (see http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org/msg124948.html). If we don't have to GPL the resulting .h and .c files. The contents of the database and the generated files can be distributed under the terms of either the GNU General Public License (version 2 or later) or of the 3-clause BSD License. :) --HPS -- a13x ___ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: USB_VERBOSE and vendor-/productnames
Dnia 14.09.2010 Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org napisał/a: http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org/msg124948.html). If we don't have to GPL the resulting .h and .c files. The contents of the database and the generated files can be distributed under the terms of either the GNU General Public License (version 2 or later) or of the 3-clause BSD License. Which constitutes probably a legal bullshit, since work created by a computer (not a human author) cannot by copyrighted. Byt well. --Marcin ___ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
