diff -up pciutils-3.0.0/lib/names.c.buf pciutils-3.0.0/lib/names.c
--- pciutils-3.0.0/lib/names.c.buf	2008-04-10 21:15:47.000000000 +0200
+++ pciutils-3.0.0/lib/names.c	2008-09-01 15:14:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -65,12 +65,27 @@ format_name(char *buf, int size, int fla
     res = snprintf(buf, size, "%s", num);
   else if (!name)
     res = snprintf(buf, size, ((flags & PCI_LOOKUP_MIXED) ? "%s [%s]" : "%s %s"), unknown, num);
-  else if (!(flags & PCI_LOOKUP_MIXED))
+  else if (!(flags & PCI_LOOKUP_MIXED)) 
     res = snprintf(buf, size, "%s", name);
   else
     res = snprintf(buf, size, "%s [%s]", name, num);
-  if (res < 0 || res >= size)
+  if (res < 0 || res >= size) {
+    if (name && res >= size) {
+	int nlen = strlen(name);
+	if (nlen > (res - size) + 5) {
+		char *nname = strdup(name);
+		int off = nlen - (res - size) - 5;
+		if (nname) {
+			nname[off] = '.';
+			nname[off+1] = '.';
+			nname[off+2] = '.';
+			nname[off+3] = 0;
+			return format_name(buf, size, flags, nname, num, unknown);
+		}
+	}
+    }
     return "<pci_lookup_name: buffer too small>";
+  }
   else
     return buf;
 }
@@ -101,8 +116,24 @@ format_name_pair(char *buf, int size, in
       else /* v && !d */
 	res = snprintf(buf, size, "%s Device %s", v, num+5);
     }
-  if (res < 0 || res >= size)
+  if (res < 0 || res >= size) {
+    if (d && res >= size) {
+	int nlen = strlen(d);
+	if (nlen > (res - size) + 5) {
+		char *nname = strdup(d);
+		int off = nlen - (res - size) - 5;
+		if (nname) {
+			nname[off] = '.';
+			nname[off+1] = '.';
+			nname[off+2] = '.';
+			nname[off+3] = 0;
+			return format_name_pair(buf, size, flags, v, nname, num);
+		}
+	}
+    }
+ 
     return "<pci_lookup_name: buffer too small>";
+  }
   else
     return buf;
 }