Re: ieee1394/oui.db (was Re: [PATCH] ieee1394: allow building with absolute SUBDIRS path)

[Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com>]

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.
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> Stefan Richter
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