Re: [PATCH 12/25] char: Convert pci_table entries to PCI_VDEVICE(if PCI_ANY_ID is used)

[Joe Perches]

On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 22:29 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 09:44:23PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 21:29 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 02:00:15PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 13:45 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > > I much prefer the PCI_DEVICE() macro instead, and as such, I'm not
> > > > > willing to take any of these patches, sorry.
> > > > grepping for pci device ids using constants and
> > > > expecting the result to be comprehensive isn't
> > > > sensible.
> > > But it's a nice goal :)
> > I think your goal is not a good one.
> > 
> > For instance:
> > 
> > $ grep -rP --include=*.[ch] "\bPCI_VDEVICE\s*\(\s*INTEL" drivers | wc -l
> > 201
> > $ grep -rP --include=*.[ch] "\bPCI_DEVICE\s*\(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL" drivers | wc -l
> > 45
> > $ grep -rP --include=*.[ch] "\bPCI_DEVICE\s*\(\s*0x8086" drivers | wc -l
> > 38
> > I'd much rather do a search for "PCI_VDEVICE.*INTEL"
> I'd much rather use 'cscope' or 'ctags' than trying to remember regular
> expressions like the above.

Then it appears your original argument doesn't have much merit.


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