Hi,

I noticed that the '-current' '/usr/share/pci.ids' is dated;

If you have new hardware then you may get a 'unknown device' tag in outputs for newer hardware. No harm except that not everyone can remember 'pci.ids' for their hardware.

The newer '/usr/share/pci.ids';

So reach out and get that /usr/share/pci.ids' list of PCI ID's to be placed in '/usr/share/pci.ids'. You should update your distribution id's periodically if you change pci devices with newer ones or the distributions 'pc.ids' are dated. Especially those that like to have the newest and greatest hardware identified.

This will aid you in understanding recognized devices while troubleshooting.

No harm but a convenience to have a current ID file. Changing this file for any distribution that has a dated '/usr/share/pci.ids' will aid you in diagnosis by providing the assigned manufacture ID name.

My version in -current is 2010-01-28.
And, the link didn't work for me. However, I do have two downloads going at the moment, so that may be the reason it couldn't find the url.

Then again, thanks for the info - I did not know of this.

Nope the links given are not formatted correctly.

http://pciids.sourceforge.net/pci.ids

Instead of manually downloading the file and moving it to /usr/share,
there is also a script that does that.

update-pciids (part of pciutils package) and also
update-usbids (part of usbutils package).

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Hi,
Corrected!

Looks like a good candidate to be added to /etc/cron.monthly.

Hi,

It's nice to have an updated '/usr/share/pci.ids' if you change your hardware frequently. Just a convenience to have instead of 'unknown device' tag for output.