Re: [PATCH 001/001] usbserial: New mobile broadband modems to be supported through option module

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Fri Feb 06 2009 - 06:57:49 EST


Am Friday 06 February 2009 12:29:06 schrieb Dirk DeSchepper:
> From: Dirk De Schepper <ddeschepper@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Patch for option.c, based on kernel v2.6.28.3
> - New Novatel and Dell mobile broadband modem products added
> - Dell pid variables used in stead of numerical PIDs for known products

This is not really an advantage. You usually get the nummeric IDs
just fine from lsusb. And you could easily see the nummeric order of entries.
These symbolic names do not appear in code, just in the macros
where their meaning is clear. You introduce a useless level of indirection.

Regards
Oliver
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