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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:39:25 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add compressed ID database support to (usb|pci)-db
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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 07:50:13PM -0700, Piter PUNK wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Greg KH wrote:
> >>> Is there actually a distribution that uses a compressed pci.ids file?
> >>
> >> Slackware uses it on installer but the udev use there is very restrict.
> >
> > Why would an installer need an .ids file?
> 
> Because people wants to use lspci and lsusb to know the hardware they
> are using and both commands search the names on .ids files.

You should not need the id file for USB as the strings in the device are
almost always correct.  So you might wish to change your installer to
remove that dependancy.

thanks,

greg k-h