From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751414AbVHVWZ7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:25:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751428AbVHVWZ6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:25:58 -0400 Received: from zeus1.kernel.org ([204.152.191.4]:17289 "EHLO zeus1.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751412AbVHVWZq (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:25:46 -0400 Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 22:50:27 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Eric Piel Cc: Jesper Juhl , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: VIA USB Controller - (Wrong ID) ?? Message-ID: <20050821205027.GA9146@ucw.cz> References: <9a8748490508191153512e2db4@mail.gmail.com> <43067527.1000708@tremplin-utc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <43067527.1000708@tremplin-utc.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 02:11:19AM +0200, Eric Piel wrote: > Hello, > > 19.08.2005 20:53, Jesper Juhl wrote/a écrit: > >I've just noticed that my USB controller(s) show up as having "Wrong > >ID" and now I'm wondering what exactely that means and what I can do > >about it (kernel 2.6.13-rc6-mm1 in case it matters). > > > >Is it a wrong PCI ID? If so, how's the controller recognized at all? > > > >I stopped by http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/iii// which had an entry saying : > > > >0925 VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) > > Wrong ID used in subsystem ID of VIA USB controllers. > > > I've never heard of this before. However, cheking the list shows that > every vendor which has a "Wrong ID" entry also a normal one. So my guess > is that "wrong ID" means that somewhere in the process of putting the > PCI ID (during the design of the device) someone mistook which ID to > put. So this would mean that your device doesn't have the official ID of > VIA, but it uses an unofficial one (famous enough to be listed though). > Nothing to worry about. > > : > >00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 > >controller] (rev 16) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) > > Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller > > > > >Can anyone explain this to me? The controllers are working just > >fine, so it's not too important, I'm just a currious nature :) > > Well, as I said before, it's just pure guess, but it's cool to invent > stories ;-) It's a correct guess, though. They mixed up the vendor and device IDs in the subsystem ID of their USB controllers. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR