[Pkg-pciutils-discuss] Re: Updating of pci.ids in Etch

[Joey Hess]

Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> Some misc facts:
>  - pci.ids is currently 404k of the 660k pciutils binary package
>  - The pciutils udeb contains a stripped-down pci.ids file which is a mere 236k
>  - pci.ids is updated regularly upstream and can be retrieved from
>    pciids.sf.net with a script (update-pciids).

Sarge does not have a pciutils-udeb at all.

Etch d-i uses lspci in only two places:

1. To determine the device name of a network interface.
2. To include lspci output in installation reports.

Neither of these seem like a very compelling reason to update the list
frequently. The raw pci ID is the most important thing in an
installation report, not the device name. Displaying device names for
NICs is nice but not really essential.

I also wonder if stripping down the pci.ids file in pciutils-udeb
further so it only covers NICs might be worthwhile to save space in d-i.
230k is still a lot of space for the above functionality.

-- 
see shy jo
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