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Message-ID: <1265909122.9788.5.camel@maxim-laptop>
Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:25:22 +0200
From:	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	maxim-levitsky@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] DMFE: move pci ID definitions into pci_ids.h and
 clean up the code

On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 13:22 -0800, David Miller wrote: 
> From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:18:49 -0800 (PST)
> 
> > From: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
> > Date: Sat,  6 Feb 2010 22:18:58 +0200
> > 
> >> Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <maxim-levitsky@...il.com>
> > 
> > We don't add new definitions to pci_ids.h that will only
> > be used in a single driver.
No problem!
Didn't know about that.

> > 
> > Instead, we just use the raw constants (if it's only referenced once,
> > say in the PCI ID table for the driver) or using local definitions
> > (if used multiple times in the driver).
> 
> BTW, the rest of your patch set is likely to not apply
> correctly after you fix this patch up.  So at a minimum
> you'll need to resubmit this whole set after fixing
> patch #2.
I agree with that completely.



> 
> In fact I would recommend that you seperate the bug
> fixes from all of the massive cleanups.
> 
> Get the bug fixes, especially the PCI READ MULTIPLE
> disable one, into net-2.6
> 
> Then afterwards you can do all of the cleanups against
> net-next-2.6 when the bug fixes propagate there.
This is good idea too.
I also will split the cleanups, because looking back at massive patch I
understand that it is not good for review.


> 
> Thank you!

Thanks too.

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky

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