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authorJames Bottomley <jejb@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com>2006-06-10 13:47:26 -0500
committerJames Bottomley <jejb@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com>2006-06-10 13:47:26 -0500
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@@ -259,7 +259,17 @@ on the bus need to be capable of doing it, so this is something which needs
to be handled by platform and generic code, not individual drivers.
-8. Obsolete functions
+8. Vendor and device identifications
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+For the future, let's avoid adding device ids to include/linux/pci_ids.h.
+
+PCI_VENDOR_ID_xxx for vendors, and a hex constant for device ids.
+
+Rationale: PCI_VENDOR_ID_xxx constants are re-used, but device ids are not.
+ Further, device ids are arbitrary hex numbers, normally used only in a
+ single location, the pci_device_id table.
+
+9. Obsolete functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are several functions which you might come across when trying to
port an old driver to the new PCI interface. They are no longer present