Hello, world!\n
Over the years, several problems have accumulated around handling
of PCI vendor/device/subsystem IDs in pciutils. Some of them will
probably require breaking changes to the PCI ID database and the
pci.ids file.
Before I start changing anything, I would like to solicit comments
on what could be improved and what should be kept as-is.
The most important issues I see are:
- Some vendors (most importantly AMD) use the same device ID
for a family of devices, which are further differentiated
by Revision ID. This will probably require separate names
for revisions.
- Motherboards frequently use the same subsystem ID for all
on-board devices. This leads to duplication of subsystem
entries and unnecessary effort for maintaining them.
(Stand-alone subsystems tied to no particular device are
already partially implemented, but they never made it to
the web interface.)
Do you have any further ideas?
Have a nice new year
Martin
