As far as I know linux/pci_ids.h is not being generated, it is hand built. That probably explains why it had about 15 entries in it that were wrong for the Radeon/Rage128.
My understanding is that drivers/pci/pci.ids is semi-hand built. It is partially generated from http://pciids.sf.net/ and then hand diffed. It can be config'ed out of the kernel by unchecking PCI Names/PCI_CONFIG_NAMES. When there are no pretty name available from PCI names then I generate one from chip ID and PCI ID. This name is only used to log the sign-on message so that you know the driver loaded and found your card. I would like to find a more authoritative database of which chip family the various chip IDs belong to. I would also like to know for sure whether each is PCI, AGP, or secondary. Is there a way to get this info from the cards themselves and not hardcode it? It also would be nice to have a scipt to generate the code for the drivers, but we need a good database to run it against. I'm working on the embedded Mesa code. Embedded Mesa does not use XFree xf86PciInfo.h, instead it relies on the Linux framebuffer drivers to identify the cards via the modules/PCI hotplug system. The Rage128/Radeon framebuffer drivers are not heavily used so I'm being forced to update them. Embedded Mesa does need chip family info and PCI/AGP status. I should probably modifiy the framebuffer drivers to make this info accessible. Right now the embedded Mesa drivers regenerate it based on chip ID thus duplicating the chip ID/family data. For Linux the best solution would be to simply merge the framebuffer and 3D drivers into a single driver. A lot of duplicated code would be eliminated. That would solve other problems too like locking and register stomping. ===== Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
