[systemd-devel] Adding USB ID to hwdb/usb.ids

[Lennart Poettering]

On Do, 13.05.21 11:54, Thomas A (thomasa88 at gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to add the info for Thrustmaster T150 Racing Wheel to the hwdb. I
> have found that the USB values are stored hwdb.d/20-usb-vendor-model.hwdb.
> However, it seems that this file is never edited manually, but just pulled
> from linux-usb.org usb.ids.
>
> www.linux-usb.org seems mostly broken and various Google results indicate
> that there is no response to e-mails. I have, just now, tried to submit a
> patch by following the guide for the PCI IDs, from which the USB IDs site
> was copied. I could not register in any way, so I suspect my e-mail will be
> dropped.
>
> Is there any better way to get my ID into the USB ID list in hwdb?
>
> Patch on systemd hwdb:
> https://github.com/thomasa88/systemd/commit/7af622d9d2335f9fc0e94b3b8a5139ef959bef9c

If this is indeed the case I guess we could start maintaining a
database for this kind of stuff in hwdb.d/ and ship it with
systemd. Maybe called 20-usb-vendor-model-extra.hwdb or so?

Kinda sucks though. Any reference where this is discussed? i.e. the
google results you mentioned? A quick google i did myself din't reveal
anything?

Anyway, please consider submitting the addition as a PR if it's indeed
unlikely linux-usb.org comes back as a maintainer for this.

Lennart

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