Re: [PATCH] parport: Consistently define pci_device_ids using named initializers

[Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub)]

[adding Greg to Cc: as his tree seems to be the usual way into mainline
for these drivers.]

Hello Sudip,

On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 06:14:53PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) wrote:
> ... and PCI device helpers.
> 
> The various struct pci_device_id arrays were initialized mostly by list
> expressions. This isn't easily readable if you're not into PCI.
> 
> Use PCI_DEVICE* helper macros and named initializers which is more
> explicit and thus easier to parse. Also skip explicit assignments of 0
> (which the compiler then takes care of).
> 
> The secret plan is to make struct pci_device_id::driver_data an
> anonymous union (similar to
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1776579304.git.u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxx/)
> and that requires named initializers. But it's also a nice cleanup on
> its own.
> 
> This change doesn't introduce changes to the compiled pci_device_id
> arrays. Tested on x86 and arm64.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gentil ping! I'd like to work on the actual change to pci_device_id and
that requires this patch to be in.

Is it already too late for 7.2-rc1?

Best regards
Uwe

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