Messages in this thread | | | From | Tom Gundersen <> | Date | Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:04:57 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH RESEND][pciutils] libpci: pci_id_lookup - add udev/hwdb support |
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:58 PM, Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz> wrote: > Hi! > >> Ping? > > Sorry for the delay, I was alternatingly ill and overloaded with other stuff...
No worries. I hope you are better now.
> As I said before, I do not like the current implementation of hwdb much (it's > too much tied to Linux, and hardware description strings, originally intended > for internal use between the kernel and its modules, are far from a nice API). > > I would prefer a more general HW identification library and I am willing to > write it, but I have to admit that with my current load, it will be hardly > finished before this summer.
Looking forward to seeing that.
> I will merge your patches. It's better to have the current hwdb than nothing.
Thanks!
Cheers,
Tom
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