linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: serial: ark3116.c: Remove unused TIOCSSERIAL case from ioctl

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Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:31:42 +0300
From:   Mikhail Zaytsev <flashed@...l.ru>
To:     Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
Cc:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: serial: ark3116.c: Remove unused TIOCSSERIAL case
 from ioctl

On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:17:28 +0100 Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com> wrote:

> Am Mittwoch, den 13.12.2017, 12:30 +0300 schrieb Mikhail Zaytsev:
> > +#define RS232_VENDOR 0x6547
> > +#define RS232_PRODUCT 0x0232
> > +#define IRDA_VENDOR 0x18ec
> > +#define IRDA_PRODUCT 0x3118
> >  
> >  /* usb timeout of 1 second */
> >  #define ARK_TIMEOUT 1000
> >  
> >  static const struct usb_device_id id_table[] = {
> > -       { USB_DEVICE(0x6547, 0x0232) },
> > -       { USB_DEVICE(0x18ec, 0x3118) },         /* USB to IrDA adapter */
> > +       { USB_DEVICE(RS232_VENDOR, RS232_PRODUCT) },
> > +       { USB_DEVICE(IRDA_VENDOR, IRDA_PRODUCT) },  /* USB to IrDA adapter */  
> 
> Hi,
> 
> what is the purpose of this change? It just makes it harder to grep.
> The constants are arbitrary and they are clearly device IDs.

The constants are using in several places. 
I think the names easier to read.

-- 
Mikhail