From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751281AbVJaCmb (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:42:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751284AbVJaCmb (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:42:31 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:64168 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751281AbVJaCma (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:42:30 -0500 Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:42:17 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci_ids: remove non-referenced symbols from pci_ids.h Message-ID: <20051031024217.GA25709@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <200510290000.j9T00Bqd001135@hera.kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200510290000.j9T00Bqd001135@hera.kernel.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 05:00:11PM -0700, Linux Kernel wrote: > tree 68609a74c3bc43e510f58f9c808a0a74e9d23452 > parent 4153812fc10ea91cb1a7b6ea4f4337dd211c1ef7 > author Grant Coady Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:06:40 +1000 > committer Greg Kroah-Hartman Sat, 29 Oct 2005 05:36:59 -0700 > > [PATCH] pci_ids: remove non-referenced symbols from pci_ids.h > > pci_ids.h cleanup: removed non-referenced symbols, compile tested > with 'make allmodconfig' > > Signed-off-by: Grant Coady > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman This patch is removing some PCI idents from drivers that are currently marked BROKEN on some/all architectures. It seems counterproductive to create even more work to get those drivers fixed. Especially in the case of for eg, the advansys scsi driver, which actually works for some people, even though it isn't updated to use modern scsi layer interfaces. Dave