From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org,
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/86] pci: export pci_ids.h and related cleanups
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:15:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150330011539.4bfa5288@kant> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1427635734-24786-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com>
On Mar 29 Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> The macros in pci_ids.h are pretty useful for userspace
> using the pci sysfs interface, e.g. to decode class
> device and vendor sysfs files.
>
> At the moment userspace is forced to duplicate these macros (e.g. QEMU does
> this, so does gpxe, seabios, etc), it is better to export them in
> /usr/include/linux/pci_ids.h so everyone can just include this header.
>
> This patchset is structured as follows:
> 1. include/linux/pci_ids.h is moved to include/uapi/linux/pci_ids.h;
> a stub file is created in include/linux/pci_ids.h to avoid breaking
> bisect
Since linux' include/linux/pci_ids.h is incomplete, I am doubtful that it
is appropriate for userspace.
> 2. all users are converted to use the new header
This step should not be necessary. It has not been done with other
headers which were moved to include/uapi.
> 3. include/linux/pci_ids.h is removed
> 4. cleanups for several issues detected during step 2
--
Stefan Richter
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-29 23:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-29 13:36 [PATCH 00/86] pci: export pci_ids.h and related cleanups Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-29 13:37 ` [PATCH 01/86] pci: export pci_ids.h Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-29 15:49 ` Joe Perches
2015-03-29 20:40 ` Greg KH
2015-03-30 6:48 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-30 6:55 ` Greg KH
2015-03-30 7:15 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-30 7:53 ` Greg KH
2015-03-30 8:31 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-30 10:07 ` Greg KH
2015-03-30 10:46 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-30 10:57 ` Greg KH
2015-03-30 11:19 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-30 11:35 ` Greg KH
2015-03-30 11:41 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-29 13:38 ` [PATCH 12/86] x86/pci/sta2x11: use uapi/linux/pci_ids.h directly Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-29 13:41 ` [PATCH 58/86] pci-label: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-29 13:43 ` [PATCH 77/86] linux/pci: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-29 13:43 ` [PATCH 78/86] linux/pci: drop include/linux/pci_ids.h Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-29 17:59 ` [PATCH 00/86] pci: export pci_ids.h and related cleanups Joe Perches
2015-03-30 6:52 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-03-29 23:15 ` Stefan Richter [this message]
2015-04-02 7:44 ` Jean Delvare
2015-04-02 7:49 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-02 8:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-04-02 9:04 ` Jean Delvare
2015-04-02 10:09 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-02 11:15 ` Jean Delvare
2015-04-02 12:05 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-02 13:17 ` Jean Delvare
2015-04-02 12:09 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-02 14:34 ` Alex Williamson
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