From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946296AbWBDELG (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2006 23:11:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946302AbWBDELG (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2006 23:11:06 -0500 Received: from [205.233.219.253] ([205.233.219.253]:60896 "EHLO conifer.conscoop.ottawa.on.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946296AbWBDELF (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2006 23:11:05 -0500 Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 23:08:58 -0500 From: Jody McIntyre To: Stefan Richter Cc: linux1394-user@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ben Collins Subject: Re: ieee1394/oui.db (was Re: [PATCH] ieee1394: allow building with absolute SUBDIRS path) Message-ID: <20060204040858.GG22002@conscoop.ottawa.on.ca> References: <1138234743.10202.3.camel@localhost> <20060131052101.GC9667@conscoop.ottawa.on.ca> <43DFC648.4030404@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43DFC648.4030404@s5r6.in-berlin.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 09:19:20PM +0100, Stefan Richter wrote: > > I have no strong feelings for or against oui.db. It is nice to have the > vendor names decoded in sysfs, although the footprint is considerable: I guess it's nice (I've never compiled it in until a few days ago mind you) but this type of thing is userland's job. I've been meaning to write a good ls1394 for some time now. I have one that's too crappy to release :) > $ du oui.o ieee1394.ko > 252K oui.o > 356K ieee1394.ko > > OTOH, nobody is forced to compile it in. And except for the Makefile > patch and .gitignore patch which came in this month, oui.db does not > impose a real maintenance burden. The fact that we are too lazy to > update the db saves us work too. :-) No, it doesn't, but its existance offends me :) I don't care deeply though. If people want it, I'll live with it being in. Cheers, Jody > BTW, oui.db has 7048 entries but IEEE lists 8949 today. Either people > vote oui.db off the island now, or I will submit an update. > -- > Stefan Richter > -=====-=-==- ---= ===== > http://arcgraph.de/sr/ > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ --