Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:31:01 +1100 | From | "Dave Airlie" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc5] intel_rng: substitue magic PCI IDs with macros |
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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..
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