Fw: TERM EN>IT - vendor

[Andrea Celli]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:41:45 +0100
Francesco Potorti` <pot@softwarelibero.it> wrote:


> >vendor= marchio-dispositivo, sub-vendor=rivenditore/ri-etichettatore
> 
> Se le cose stanno così, non va tradotto.  A questo punto è evidente che
> vendor e sub-vendor sono nomi di variabili, per cui vanno lasciate
> invariate. 
> 
> Se quanto sopra è giusto, quindi, nel glossario va:
> 
> (sub-)vendor --> invariato (nomi di campi dispositivi hardware)


Tramite Google ho trovato un esempio e una spiegazione
abbastanza esaurienti:
http://www.ati.com/support/identify/sysinfo.html
http://www.pcisig.com/reflector/msg01956.html
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Item    Value 
Name  Radeon 7500 
PNP Device ID     PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5157&SUBSYS_7146174B&REV_00\000800 
Adapter Type         Radeon 7500 (QW) Rev 0, ATI Tech. - Enhanced compatible 
Adapter Description     Radeon 7500 
Adapter RAM         Not Available 
.............
.............
Make a note of the following pieces of information which are displayed:

Name: This is the display adapter name which is also listed in Device Manager.
PNP Device ID: This identification string will verify if you have a product that is 
BUILT BY ATI, or POWERED BY ATI. If the Subsystem ID does NOT include a value of "1002" 
in it, then the graphics product is likely manufactured by one of our valued 
partners and is considered POWERED BY ATI.

NOTE: The PNP Device ID entry in System Information currently combines the Vendor ID, Device ID, 
Sub System ID AND Sub Vendor ID into one string. Each ID includes 4 digits.

Example shown above (PNP Device ID PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5157&SUBSYS_7146174B&REV_00\000800):

Can be broken down to:

Vendor ID (VEN_1002) = 1002
Device ID (DEV_5157) = 5157
Sub System ID (SUBSYS_7146174B) = 7146
Sub Vendor ID (SUBSYS_7146174B) = 174B

ATI CustomerCare provides a current POWERED BY ATI Graphics Board Identification 
Chart which lists POWERED BY ATI products by Device ID, Sub System ID, and Sub Vendor ID

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 In addition, Microsoft (bless their pointy
little heads) have placed extra requirements for logo
certification.  They insist that a PCI agent *must* implement
the sub-vendor and sub-device ID's, so that device drivers
can tell which 'flavor' of a PCI agent they are talking to.

For example, a video board manufacturer decides to use a
popular off-the-shelf PCI video chipset, but adds a
video-in-a-window TV tuner to differentiate his product.
If the original video chipset implements only the chip
manufacturer's Vendor and Device ID's (and they are
permanently 'fixed' in silicon) then a device driver has
no way to find out that the functions 'behind' the
chipset are unique (by using PCI-compliant methods).

By implementing sub-Vendor and sub-Device ID's (and
allowing the board manufacturer to set them somehow
during POST, e.g. from EEROM), then if a device driver
exists for the exact Vendor/Device and sub-Vendor/sub-Device
ID combination, it can be used to drive the board.
Otherwise, a more generic driver that matches
only the Vendor/Device ID's will be used (usually the
installer is prompted before a generic driver is used).
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Comunque, dovendo privilegiare la "comprensibilià" della traduzione, credo che
mi comporterò i due modi diversi:
- nella frase di commento "Vendor, Device, Sub Device and Sub Vendor ids"
traduco il meno possibile (and -> e, ids -> ID di)
- nella schermata che descrive il device (es. la scheda grafica)
traduco "Vendor: Ati" con "marca: Ati", ...

cosa ne pensate?

ciao, Andrea