Re: [PATCH 3/6] PCI legacy I/O port free driver (take2) - Add device_flags into pci_device_id

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 07:09:08PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> >On Tuesday 21 February 2006 22:55, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >
> >
> >>It doesn't matter how easily its added, it is the wrong place to add 
> >>such things.
> >>
> >>This is what the various functions called during pci_driver::probe() do...
> >
> >
> >The problem is that at least on the e1000 it only applies to some of the 
> >many PCI-IDs it supports. So the original patch had an long ugly switch
> >with PCI IDs to check it. I suggested to use driver_data for it then,
> >but Kenji-San ended up with this new field.  I actually like the idea
> >of the new field because it would allow to add such things very easily
> >without adding lots of code.
> >
> >it's not an uncommon situation. e.g. consider driver A which supports
> >a lot of PCI-IDs but MSI only works on a few of them. How do you
> >handle this? Add an ugly switch that will bitrot? Or put all the 
> >information into a single place which is the pci_device_id array.
> 
> You do what tons of other drivers do, and indicate this via driver_data. 
>  An enumerated type in driver_data can be used to uniquely identify any 
> device or set of devices.
> 
> No need to add anything.

Yes, I agree, use driver_data, it's simpler, and keeps the PCI core
clean.

thanks,

greg k-h