On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 06:37:43AM +0700, Mikhail Gusarov wrote: > RB> I've considered this, too. I think it's substantially more work, > RB> and I'd worry that the cost/benefit ratio wasn't very good. I > RB> suspect the best way to thread the needle would include fiddling > RB> with the "pciutils" package that provides the "pci.ids" file. > > Actual source is http://pciids.sourceforge.net/v2.2/pci.ids. > > libpci and libpciaccess just read this file. Libraries might as well > convert it to other format on first access or use pre-converted file. > > RB> I'd be interested in hearing if you know something about why the > RB> cost is more worth it, because I agree that this is technically the > RB> "right" way to do it. > > It's basically the cache discussed in another thread, expanded to > contain all entries from pci.ids :) Hence the amount of work should be > approximately the same.
Ok, I'm coming in late, but why in the world would the x server ever care about the pci.ids file? Why would the mapping from id to string be needed anywhere here? confused, greg k-h _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
