Re: [PATCH] - pci_ids - adding pci device id support for FC949ES

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 06:10:02PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 12:03:23AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >  --- b/include/linux/pci_ids.h	2006-01-11 19:04:18.000000000 -0700
> > >  +++ a/include/linux/pci_ids.h	2006-01-12 14:19:43.000000000 -0700
> > >  @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
> > >   #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_LSI_FC929X	0x0626
> > >   #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_LSI_FC939X	0x0642
> > >   #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_LSI_FC949X	0x0640
> > >  +#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_LSI_FC949ES	0x0646
> > >   #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_LSI_FC919X	0x0628
> > >   #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NCR_YELLOWFIN	0x0701
> > >   #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_LSI_61C102	0x0901
> > 
> > That doesn't add support - it just adds the ID.  We've apparently decided
> > not to keep IDs of devices which the kernel doesn't support.
> 
> There's a patch on linux-scsi that adds the actual support.

Then include this as part of that patch please.  Or if you are going to
add ids to this file, at least CC: the PCI kernel maintainer so he knows
to add them.  And also say that an already submitted patch needs it.

> > Also, there's a plan to stop using pci_ids.h - PCI IDs are supposed to go
> > into a driver-private header file.  I guess drivers/scsi/megaraid.h is an
> > example.
> 
> That's new to me.  In either case a single driver should do one thing
> consistantly, and fusion has tons of defines in pci_ids.h already.

Yeah, for older drivers that already do this, I don't have a problem
adding it here.  Then we can move all of the ids to the local file at
once in the future :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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