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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:33:32 +0100 From: Martin Mares <mj@....cz> To: Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org> Cc: Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND][pciutils] libpci: pci_id_lookup - add udev/hwdb support Hello! > It does that per process doing that, and that's the problem for how > udev works/worked. The binary hwdb is on-disk and can be mmaped, and > there is no difference between initialization, first, or subsequent > queries. OK, point taken. I see that a mechanism for fast lookup of hardware identification data is needed. However, why should such a mechanism depend on udev, systemd, or Linux in general? What I would really like to have is a universal library for HW lookup, independent of anything else and widely portable. All the hardware data would be provided by other packages -- pci.ids, usb.ids, kernel modules, etc. -- and compiled to a binary format available for instant queries. Do I miss anything? Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@....cz> http://mj.ucw.cz/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth A half-joke: What is the difference between a cat? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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