pci-database - vendor:device identification is not sufficient

[Jakub Bogusz]

Some time ago I noticed that there are some SCSI devices (mostly RAID
arrays sold as Compaq or Dell PERC devices) which share the same
vendor:device id, but real device (and thus driver) must be recognized
by subsystem vendor:device id.

Now I found the same with network devices: 1737:1032 is supported by
r8169 or skge depending on subsystem device id.

Another thing is that current kernel version dependency (2.4.x or 2.6.x)
is too weak - in 2.6.x drivers are renamed and devices are moved from one
driver to another much more frequently than ever before.
(e.g.: megaraid/megaraid_mbox+megaraid_sas, mptscsih/mptspi+mptfc+mptsas,
sk98lin/sk98lin+skge, rivafb/rivafb+nvidiafb)


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Jakub Bogusz    http://qboosh.cs.net.pl/