[Buildroot] pci_ids.h missing

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On Monday 16 January 2012 17:38:01 vbr vbr wrote:
> Just downloaded and extracted a vanilla 2.6.39.4 kernel from kernel.org,
> and this version does ship pci_ids.h. There must be something else going on:
> 
> x linux-2.6.39.4/include/linux/pch_dma.h
> x linux-2.6.39.4/include/linux/pci-acpi.h
> x linux-2.6.39.4/include/linux/pci-aspm.h
> x linux-2.6.39.4/include/linux/pci-dma.h
> x linux-2.6.39.4/include/linux/pci.h
> x linux-2.6.39.4/include/linux/pci_hotplug.h
> x linux-2.6.39.4/include/linux/pci_ids.h   <<<<<<<<<<<<<
> x linux-2.6.39.4/include/linux/pci_regs.h
> x linux-2.6.39.4/include/linux/pcieport_if.h
> 
> Thanks
> Vincent
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Sunday 15 January 2012 14:24:41 vbr vbr wrote:
> > > pci_ids.h is missing from the include/linux directory in the staging
> > area:
> > >
> > > # ls output/staging/usr/include/linux/pci*.h
> > > output/staging/usr/include/linux/pci.h
> > > output/staging/usr/include/linux/pci_regs.h
> > >
> > > Am I missing something in the buildroot configuration?
> >
> > upstream linux kernel doesn't ship it, thus buildroot does not
                                  ^^^^
 This should be: upstream linux kernel doesn't *install* it.

 pci_ids.h is not considered ABI and should not be accessed by userspace.
External modules should always be compiled from the Linux source tree 
itself so they don't need pci_ids.h in staging.

 pciutils, for instance, includes its own list of ids.


 Regards,
 Arnout

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