netdev - Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/: use DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE

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Date:	Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:28:00 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/: use DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE()

On 01/07/2010 05:25 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 23:58 +0200, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
>> Use DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE() so we get place PCI ids table into correct section
>> in every case.
>
> Good idea, but aren't there are some tables that are not const?

I hope not...  those tables are read by userland tools.

Messing with the PCI ID tables as runtime is highly unusual, to say the 
least.

	Jeff



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