linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc5] intel_rng: substitue magic PCI IDs with macros

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:29:24 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc5] intel_rng: substitue magic PCI IDs with macros

On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 01:07:18AM +0200, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 06:31:01AM +1100, Dave Airlie wrote:
> > On 1/15/07, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:
> > >On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 19:24 +0200, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> > >> Substitue intel_rng magic PCI IDs values used in the IDs table
> > >> with the macros defined in pci_ids.h
> > >>
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >hmm this is actually the opposite direction than most of the kernel is
> > >heading in, mostly because the pci_ids.h file is a major maintenance
> > >pain.
> > >
> > >Afaik the current "rule" is: if a PCI ID is only used in one driver, use
> > >the numeric value and not (add) a symbolic constant.
> > >
> > 
> > My guess is that the RNG is on the LPC so the values are used in a few 
> > places..
> > 
> 
> Will pci_ids.h be removed from the tree some time in the future then ?

No, it should contain ids that are used in multiple places (vendor ids
are one such example.)

And in this case, the majority of the patch is just using the vendor id,
which in my opinion, is a good idea.

thanks,

greg k-h
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/