Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc5] intel_rng: substitue magic PCI IDs with macros

Ahmed S. Darwish
2007-01-15T07:16:15Z

On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 09:37:21AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 19:24 +0200, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> > Substitue intel_rng magic PCI IDs values used in the IDs table
> > with the macros defined in pci_ids.h
> >
> Hi,
>
>
> hmm this is actually the opposite direction than most of the kernel is
> heading in, mostly because the pci_ids.h file is a major maintenance
> pain.
>
> Afaik the current "rule" is: if a PCI ID is only used in one driver, use
> the numeric value and not (add) a symbolic constant.

I think you understood me wrong .. I haven't added new macros in pci_ids.h,
I've just used the macros already defined there like the PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL
and others.