Re: [PATCH 2/3] usb: host: pci: introduce PCI vendor ID for Netlogic

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Wed Mar 14 2018 - 08:23:30 EST


Am Mittwoch, den 14.03.2018, 11:29 +0100 schrieb Richard Leitner:
> From: Richard Leitner <richard.leitner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Replace the hardcoded PCI vendor ID of Netlogic with a definition in
> pci_ids.h

Hi,

in general, why?
Does this patch generate any benefit for any developer
reading the source? I don't see it. Does it cause an
issue for anybody who has a log file with the nummerical
ID and needs to grep for it? Yes it does.

Where is the point of this patch?

Regards
Oliver