Bug #490
PCI IDs out of date (09/2008)
| Status: | Closed | Start date: | ||
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| Priority: | Normal | Due date: | 12/31/1969 | |
| Assignee: |  cecil |
% Done: | 0% |
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| Category: | - | Spent time: | - | |
| Target version: | 7.3 |
Description
No specific bug is associated with this (hence the Feature Request designation), but the PCI IDs at /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids haven't been updated since 09/2008. Newer data appears by running 'update-pciids'. I believe that this data is mainly used to provide human-readable information in /var/log/messages, but people have requested this sort of update in the past to get certain hardware working in KnoppMyth.
I recommend making it run either at every boot or as a cron job to run monthly.