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lspci shows devices "unknown Device:".. in this place is possible to update myname if im a device driver developer....
  1. 04-24-2009 #1
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    Thumbs up unknown Device

    lspci shows devices "unknown Device:"..
    in this place is possible to update myname if im a device driver developer.
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    Please be more specific. Is this a device that you are writing a driver for? And what is it?
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    ya,

    im writing Drivers for pci devices. when i insert a device in my system,
    lspci command shows "unknown device : Device ID".

    and im able to do all the things i want in that device...

    i would like to know "is there any way to change that "unknown device" to some thing i want like, Device Name/My name..
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    Linux should have a list of PCI ID's that lspci will use to convert the hexidecimal Vendor and Device ID values to text.
    If you have a hardware device that appears Unknown, then it is not in the list.

    I think it is called pci.ids



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    You are correct. If the device is listed as Unknown, then the device is newer than the pci.ids file. You can download and install the most current pci.ids file from here:

    The PCI ID Repository

    The location of where you should put it differs depending on the distro you are using. To find the existing file, use this command:
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    locate pci.ids
    Here is the location of that file on two of my PCs:
    Fedora 10: /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids
    Mythbuntu: /usr/share/misc/pci.ids
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  6. 04-27-2009 #6
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    is it possible to add an entry through Device Drivers???
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