linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND][pciutils] libpci: pci_id_lookup

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Message-ID: <CAG-2HqUN3Ftdd=3XSe-et3pgXy71Fu9DbMqREQDycwL4kD9Paw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:04:57 +0100
From:	Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
To:	Martin Mares <mj@....cz>
Cc:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND][pciutils] libpci: pci_id_lookup - add udev/hwdb support

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:58 PM, Martin Mares <mj@....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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