From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 4 01:25:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28F3E16A4DD for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2006 01:25:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd-questions@mawer.org) Received: from mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au (ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6115A43D45 for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2006 01:25:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd-questions@mawer.org) Received: from 203-206-173-235.perm.iinet.net.au (HELO [127.0.0.1]) ([203.206.173.235]) by mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 04 Aug 2006 09:22:13 +0800 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.07,209,1151856000"; d="scan'208"; a="578651377:sNHT5773908364" Message-ID: <44D2A11F.2010309@mawer.org> Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:21:35 +1000 From: Antony Mawer User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: User Freebsd References: <20060728164526.E27679@ganymede.hub.org> <17615.30414.314802.792740@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20060801223754.U27679@ganymede.hub.org> <20060801230301.Q27679@ganymede.hub.org> <44D09F46.6020300@dial.pipex.com> <44D0F2FE.9020507@dial.pipex.com> <20060802203604.A6529@ganymede.hub.org> <44D153D0.9000304@webanoide.org> <87wt9qzh2i.fsf@photon.homelinux.org> <20060803011653.G6529@ganymede.hub.org> <44D1A866.2030206@mawer.org> <20060803154705.X6529@ganymede.hub.org> <44D29220.1000807@mawer.org> <20060803212521.J25268@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20060803212521.J25268@ganymede.hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Xiao-Yong Jin , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 01:25:18 -0000 On 4/08/2006 10:29 AM, User Freebsd wrote: > I was thinking of that ... my concern, and it may be totally invalid, > but is it guaranteed to always translate the same? ie: > ... > > Will that always translate the same regardless of running 4.x vs 5.x vs > ... ? If so, you are right, that does greatly simplify things ... I > just wasn't 100% certain ... The text may change slightly, but if anything, wouldn't it be better if all your stats consistently referred to the same device IDs with the same strings? A vendor name may be updated in the list (company gets bought out, renamed, etc), but I'm fairly sure nothing ever gets *removed* from the list - it just grows as new devices and vendors are added over time. The important information is the ID numbers -- the text attached to them will always be the same in meaning, even if the text may vary a few letters here or there (ie. a device ID that was a Pro/1000 NIC won't suddenly turn into a Realtek 8139 one day). The non-verbose information is all you need for building a stats database. Your stats database can have its own database of the pcidevs.txt imported periodically, and link the information up at display time. -Antony