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DateMon, 15 Jan 2007 01:07:18 +0200
SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc5] intel_rng: substitue magic PCI IDs with macros
From"Ahmed S. Darwish" <>
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 06:31:01AM +1100, Dave Airlie wrote:
> On 1/15/07, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> wrote:
> >On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 19:24 +0200, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> >> Substitue intel_rng magic PCI IDs values used in the IDs table
> >> with the macros defined in pci_ids.h
> >>
> >Hi,
> >
> >hmm this is actually the opposite direction than most of the kernel is
> >heading in, mostly because the pci_ids.h file is a major maintenance
> >pain.
> >
> >Afaik the current "rule" is: if a PCI ID is only used in one driver, use
> >the numeric value and not (add) a symbolic constant.
> >
> 
> My guess is that the RNG is on the LPC so the values are used in a few 
> places..
> 

Will pci_ids.h be removed from the tree some time in the future then ?

-- 
Ahmed S. Darwish
http://darwish-07.blogspot.com
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