linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] usb: host: pci: introduce PCI vendor ID for Netlogic

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Date:   Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:17:34 +0100
From:   Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To:     Richard Leitner <dev@...l1n.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     bhelgaas@...gle.com, mathias.nyman@...el.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, richard.leitner@...data.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] usb: host: pci: introduce PCI vendor ID for Netlogic

Am Mittwoch, den 14.03.2018, 11:29 +0100 schrieb Richard Leitner:
> From: Richard Leitner <richard.leitner@...data.com>
> 
> Replace the hardcoded PCI vendor ID of Netlogic with a definition in
> pci_ids.h

Hi,

in general, why?
Does this patch generate any benefit for any developer
reading the source? I don't see it. Does it cause an
issue for anybody who has a log file with the nummerical
ID and needs to grep for it? Yes it does.

Where is the point of this patch?

	Regards
		Oliver