netdev - Re: [net-next v4 01/12] Implementation of Virtual Bus

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Message-ID: <c74808dc-0040-7cef-a0da-0da9caedddd9@mellanox.com>
Date:   Thu, 21 May 2020 14:57:55 +0000
From:   Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
To:     Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [net-next v4 01/12] Implementation of Virtual Bus

Hi Greg, Jason,

On 5/20/2020 12:32 PM, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>
> 

> +static const
> +struct virtbus_dev_id *virtbus_match_id(const struct virtbus_dev_id *id,
> +					struct virtbus_device *vdev)
> +{
> +	while (id->name[0]) {
> +		if (!strcmp(vdev->match_name, id->name))
> +			return id;

Should we have VID, DID based approach instead of _any_ string chosen by
vendor drivers?

This will required central place to define the VID, DID of the vdev in
vdev_ids.h to have unique ids.