Re: [coreboot] Trac reminder: list of new ticket(s)

[Segher Boessenkool]

> > The subsystem IDs roughly identify the PCB a component sits on.  So
> > unless you have multiple pluggable boards in a system there should
> > only be one subsystem vendor and one subsystem device id.
>
> I agree with Eric here. I question the need for subsystem IDs in the 
> first
> place. Is there a particular OS that requires this info???

Yes, Linux for example, for certain devices.

I agree subsystem IDs are useless in most cases.  But for certain
devices there is the established practice to mark certain hardware
configurations (or device firmware type/version) with these IDs,
so coreboot will have to follow.

Segher