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Subject: RE: firmware separation filesystem (fwfs)
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On Mer, 2003-04-16 at 17:57, Riley Williams wrote:
> I know that PCI uses a 32-bit number (or two 16-bit numbers if one
> prefers to think of it that way) to identify each piece of equipment.
> Is there a similar number for USB, Firewire, etc?

Yes but these often don't tell you the firmware you need. The firmware
querying is often rather more device specific .