Re: is usb.ids used anymore?

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On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 08:02:59PM -0400, James wrote:
> I am trying to get usb.ids updated.
> 
> There is a link to here:
> http://www.linux-usb.org/usb-ids.html
> 
> It says the text file is updated daily but the last update was Version:
> 2022.05.20.

Maybe that's just the last update that was needed.

> Is that file even used anymore?
> 
> I did the web update and I sent a diff -u to linux.usb.ids@xxxxxxxxx

The web form should work, did you try that?

> but I didn't receive a confirmation to the email and the ids show up in the
> web interface but there are no names associated.

What do you mean by this?

> The link to the maintainer is no longer valid. :-(

What link?

> Wouldn't it be easier to keep in a github if it is still used?

Why is github easier?

And yes, it is still used, the hardware database ids in
/lib/udev/hwdb.d/ on your system is based on it.

thanks,

greg k-h



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