[MPlayer-users] Re: Does radeon_vid.so support Radeon 9600XT cards?

[Vladimir Mosgalin]

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Sebastian Kaps wrote:

SK>Hi Vladimir!
SK>
SK>SK> lspci shows "Radeon RV3*5*0 AR" as the chip's name :-?
SK>
SK>> 9600 _XT_ is RV360, if you have it, pci database contains an error. If
SK>> you have 9600 Pro, error is in the Nyk's patch.
SK>
SK>I have a 9600XT chip (Asus Radeon 9600 XT). The WinXP driver also says
SK>9600XT (otherwise I would be pretty p*ssed ;-). So it seems to be an
SK>error in the pci database. Where's that information stored? Maybe I can
SK>correct it and submit a patch (to lkml?).

It is by no means in kernel. It is stored in the file
/usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids, belonging to hwdata package on rh-like
systems. 

Read the header of this file if you want to change something.

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Vladimir