> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > On Mon Oct 18 10, Alexander Best wrote:
> >> On Fri Sep 17 10, Alex Dupre wrote:
> >> > I created hackish scripts to generate pci_vendors file from Boemler and
> >> > Mares (pciids.sf.net) lists. I haven't found the Hart list.
> >> >
> >> > The results of the scripts are here:
> >>
> >> sorry it seems i missed your post back then.
> >>
> >> i found two more lists:
> >>
> >>
http://rh-software.com/downloads/pcidevs.txt
> >> and
> >>
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-browse.php?dir=/pub/incoming (seems to be based on the
> >> Hart list)
> >>
> >> the actual Hart list seems to have vanished and the web location is no longer
> >> accessible.
> >>
> >> personally i don't think it's necessary to combine the data of two files. the
> >> mares database seems extremely elaborate. all my pci devices get described
> >> properly. also making use of only one databse would make it more easy to submit
> >> additional info back to the vendor.
> >>
> >> so any objections to switching to the mares list?
> >>
> >> cheers.
> >> alex
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
http://www.alexdupre.com/pci_vendors/mares.txt
> >> >
http://www.alexdupre.com/pci_vendors/boemler.txt
> >> >
http://www.alexdupre.com/pci_vendors/mares-boemler.txt
> >> >
http://www.alexdupre.com/pci_vendors/boemler-mares.txt
> >> >
> >> > The first two are generated from single lists, the last two are
> >> > combined, with different preference order.
> >
> > oh...and i think it would be a good idea to move from ";" as comment character
> > to "#". that way we wouldn't need to run a script, but could include the vendor
> > file directly into the src tree.
>
> I noted this a while back to Warner and Brooke as I came up with a
> short script to do this, and they suggested that it be supplemented to
> the existing list, not replace it.
