Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:06:14 -0700 (PDT) | From | Patrick Mochel <> | Subject | Re: driverfs bus_id, name (was: [PATCH] /proc/scsi/map) |
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> I've been wondering about that. Right now PCI and USB both use fairly > unfriendly/unpretty values in device.name ... "{PCI,USB} device VVVV:PPPP". > > Let me make sure I understand you right here, by examples of two > changes I'd like to see. Correct me if these seem wrong: > > - It'd be more appropriate for PCI devices to copy pci_device.name into > device.name and get the user-friendly names from the PCI device name > database (when available), and only fallback to those nasty strings > when the more user-friendly names aren't available.
That is what happens with PCI devices. They're not appearing as meaningful names probably because CONFIG_PCI_NAMES isn't set. Whether or not that information belongs in the kernel is another debate.
I believe the SCSI people mentioned something about being able to set those from userspace. I'm not opposed to such an idea. You just need a writable name file.
> - Likewise it'd be more appropriate for USB devices to take the > descriptive strings from the devices, like "Philips USB Digital > Speaker System", than "USB device 0471:0104".
Those are in the devices themselves, right? There is nothing stopping the USB people from doing that... ;)
-pat
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