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authorIngo Oeser <netdev@axxeo.de>2006-04-18 05:20:55 -0400
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2006-04-27 16:00:51 -0400
commit9b860b8c4bde5949b272968597d1426d53080532 (patch)
tree659005ad75c3fb4d2de40c289c81a01275cdb9a0 /Documentation
parent8b4929e6a01620b55700e102e40e37ef02844849 (diff)
[PATCH] PCI: Documentation: no more device ids
Document that we don't like to add more PCI device ids but are happy to accept PCI vendor ids for linux/include/pci_ids.h Original text from Jeff Garzik. Signed-off-by: Ingo Oeser <netdev@axxeo.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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@@ -259,7 +259,17 @@ on the bus need to be capable of doing it, so this is something which needs
259to be handled by platform and generic code, not individual drivers. 259to be handled by platform and generic code, not individual drivers.
260 260
261 261
2628. Obsolete functions 2628. Vendor and device identifications
263~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
264For the future, let's avoid adding device ids to include/linux/pci_ids.h.
265
266PCI_VENDOR_ID_xxx for vendors, and a hex constant for device ids.
267
268Rationale: PCI_VENDOR_ID_xxx constants are re-used, but device ids are not.
269 Further, device ids are arbitrary hex numbers, normally used only in a
270 single location, the pci_device_id table.
271
2729. Obsolete functions
263~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 273~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
264There are several functions which you might come across when trying to 274There are several functions which you might come across when trying to
265port an old driver to the new PCI interface. They are no longer present 275port an old driver to the new PCI interface. They are no longer present