Re: [PATCH 2.6.13-rc4 1/1] pci_ids: patch for Intel ICH7R

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Sep 13 2005 - 02:05:53 EST


On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 04:46:45PM +1000, Grant wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 04:51:10 -0400, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >pci_ids.h should be the place where PCI IDs (class, vendor, device) are
> >collected.
>
> Few files reference it.

include/pci.h does, so pretty much every pci driver does because of
that.

> >Long term, we should be able to trim a lot of device ids, since they are
> >usually only used in one place.
>
> Well, they're not, and trimming a file marked for removal is pointless.

Huh? That file isn't marked for removal, that was the id database,
which is now gone...

thanks,

greg k-h
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