Subject: Re: master registry of PNP ids?
To: Garrett D'Amore <garrett_damore@tadpole.com>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/26/2006 08:27:09
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On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 04:08:25PM -0700, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> As part of the work I'm doing to enhance EDID monitor configuration, I'd
> like to provide a report on the monitor manufacturer.
>=20
> This is stored in the EDID as a "standard" 3 character (encoded down to
> 2 bytes) "vendor id".   E.g. "CPQ" =3D=3D "Compaq".
>=20
> This is the same scheme used for EISA and ISA-PNP, IIUC.  I even think
> the vendor codes are basically the same for all three cases.
>=20
> Should we try to get a single master database of PNP vendor IDs, or is
> it better to keep 3 (or more?) separate databases around?

More;  ACPI also uses such codes, see sys/dev/acpi/acpidevs.

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