On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
[...]
> + DEVICE( COMPAQ, COMPAQ_NETEL10, "Netelligent 10"),
[...]
> I've alway wondered why these text-strings are necessary in the kernel?
> Surely numeric values would suffice - and have the values parsed via
> something in user land?
[...]
Umm... that's what this patch is supposed to do; the table you see is for
compatablity and can be disabled with a config option
<g>
Doh!.. my brain is still on vacation... I didn't read the patch properly.
-Chris