Re: [PATCH] ISDN: Add PCI ID for HFC-2S/4S Beronet Card PCIe

[Karsten Keil]

On Dienstag, 16. März 2010 00:01:33 David Miller wrote:
> From: Karsten Keil <keil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:18:41 +0100
> 
> > A few subdevice IDs seem to have been dropped when hfc_multi was
> > included upstream, just compare the list at
> > http://www.openvox.cn/viewvc/misdn/trunk/hfc_multi.c?revision=75&view=ann
> >otate#l175 with the IDs in drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcmulti.c
> >
> > Added PCIe 2 Port card and LED settings (same as PCI) /KKe
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Karsten Keil <keil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> We don't add new defines to linux/pci_ids.h, it is deprecated.
> Simply add the device ID constants to the table.

Good policy, makes sense. Will send a new version.
May a check for adding  defines to  <linux/pci_ids> would help to enforce it.

> 
> The only exception is the case where a device ID is used in
> more than one driver, but even that scenerio is heavily
> discouraged.
> 

Is here some plan to cleanup drivers for -next and remove IDs from pci_ids.h,
or should it not changed for old  entries ?

Karsten
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