Re: [PATCH 2.6.13-rc4 1/1] pci_ids: patch for Intel ICH7R

[Grant Coady]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:03:24 -0700, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 04:46:45PM +1000, Grant wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 04:51:10 -0400, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >pci_ids.h should be the place where PCI IDs (class, vendor, device) are 
>> >collected.
>> 
>> Few files reference it.
>
>include/pci.h does, so pretty much every pci driver does because of
>that.

That's probably the little aspect I missed :)  Something wasn't making 
sense to me.
>
>> >Long term, we should be able to trim a lot of device ids, since they are 
>> >usually only used in one place.
>> 
>> Well, they're not, and trimming a file marked for removal is pointless.
>
>Huh?  That file isn't marked for removal, that was the id database,
>which is now gone...

Ahh, that explains my confusion, I'll have another look at it.

Grant.

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