linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging/xgifb: Convert pci_table entries to PCI_DEVICE (if PCI_ANY

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Message-Id: <201111062302.51332.PeterHuewe@gmx.de>
Date:	Sun, 6 Nov 2011 23:02:50 +0100
From:	Peter Hüwe <PeterHuewe@....de>
To:	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...e.de>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging/xgifb: Convert pci_table entries to PCI_DEVICE (if PCI_ANY_ID is used)

Am Sonntag 06 November 2011, 22:37:53 schrieb Aaro Koskinen:
> > -	{PCI_VENDOR_ID_XG, PCI_DEVICE_ID_XG_20, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID,
> > -	 0, 0, 0},
> > +	{PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_XG, PCI_DEVICE_ID_XG_20), 0, 0, 0},
> I think the correct way would be
> 
> 	{PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_XG, PCI_DEVICE_ID_XG_20), .driver_data = 0},

I was thinking about this, but I guess it's not that better than 0,0,0)

> or
> 
> 	{PCI_VDEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_XG, PCI_DEVICE_ID_XG_20), 0},

Greg hates this macro, that's why I did not use this ;)
He once wrote:
GKH> The main reason I hate this [PCI_VDEVICE] macro, is that it now makes it 
GKH> almost  impossible to grep for any users of the PCI_VENDOR_DIGI pci
GKH> vendor id. I much prefer the PCI_DEVICE() macro instead, and as such, I'm 
GKH> not willing to take any of these patches, sorry.

> But I don't see the driver_data even being used anywhere, so then you
> could
> just simply say:
> 
> 	{PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_XG, PCI_DEVICE_ID_XG_20)},

Good catch, it seems so, so  I'll create a v2

Peter

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