On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Matt Taggart wrote: > In #328318, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn proposes that the packages that > use the pci.ids PCI database find a way to use a common central > copy. > > If I run 'apt-file search pci.ids' on current unstable I get, > > hwdata: usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids > lshw-common: usr/share/lshw/pci.ids > pciutils: usr/share/misc/pci.ids > > (Cristian one of the symlinks in the pciutils package went away, and > I can't find the xviddetect one you listed. Reply with more info if > you want)
I really have no idea what happen with xviddetect :( Nevertheless... > I think that the copy provided by the pciutils source package and > installed in /usr/share/misc/pci.ids should be considered the > canonical system copy, since the pciutils package is responsible for > updating this file and is the primary user of it. One copy of pci.ids per system is what's needed. The other thing needed would be some sort of cron job to periodically synch with: http://pciids.sourceforge.net/pci.ids That would help enhance hw-detection on new hw. Cheers, Cristian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
