On Thu Sep 16 10, Nick Hibma wrote: > From: > > http://www.linux-usb.org/usb-ids.html > > "The contents of the database and the generated files can be distributed > under the terms of either the GNU General Public License (version 2 or later) > or of the 3-clause BSD License." > > Do you want me make this list available in our source tree?
any progress on this task? ;) cheers. alex > > Steps: > 1) Write a script to download it and convert it to our usbdevs*.h files. > 2) Match the entries with our own and add usbdevs*_legacy.h for FBSD8 > systems, so recompilation of existing drivers is straightforward. > 3) Test. Review. Bikeshed. Rinse. Repeat. > 4) Commit. > > Nick > > > On 14 Sep 2010, at 22:31, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > > On Tuesday 14 September 2010 22:25:46 Alexander Best wrote: > >> also i've been wondering why freebsd keeps its own set of a usb device db? > >> the databse at http://www.linux-usb.org/usb-ids.html seems very active. > >> can't we just use a script to create usbdevs from that db? that's how pci > >> ids are mapped to vendors/products on freebsd (see > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org/msg124948.html). > > > > If we don't have to GPL the resulting .h and .c files. > > > > --HPS > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- a13x _______________________________________________ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
