Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:21:35 +1000 From: Antony Mawer <fbsd-questions@mawer.org> To: User Freebsd <freebsd@hub.org> Cc: Xiao-Yong Jin <xj2106@columbia.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there? Message-ID: <44D2A11F.2010309@mawer.org> In-Reply-To: <20060803212521.J25268@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060728164526.E27679@ganymede.hub.org> <17615.30414.314802.792740@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <ef10de9a0608011037w3609b5a6k1709aea61d43ed0f@mail.gmail.com> <20060801223754.U27679@ganymede.hub.org> <ef10de9a0608011859q45bdd636o757fb4aba2d3404d@mail.gmail.com> <20060801230301.Q27679@ganymede.hub.org> <df9ac37c0608012122q196a6434jf849cc7bd8c1156@mail.gmail.com> <44D09F46.6020300@dial.pipex.com> <ef10de9a0608021047u553a812fpbcf09c8c26df09b6@mail.gmail.com> <44D0F2FE.9020507@dial.pipex.com> <ef10de9a0608021216u455099a9yf66ea2d1698f4d19@mail.gmail.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>
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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
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