Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:15:07 +0200 | From | Robert Richter <> | Subject | Re: [osrc-patches] [PATCH] x86: Add PCI IDs for AMD Barcelona PCI devices |
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On 11.07.08 22:08:37, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:56:15 +0200 > Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote: > > > > > * Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> wrote: > > > > > Ingo, what about this patch. Could you apply it somewhere to the > > > tip tree? I will then fix all hardcoded device entries in the code. > > > > i suspect we could do it if the include/linux/pci_ids.h modification > > is fine with Jesse - it appears the maintenance policy right now is > > for everyone to add to include/linux/pci_ids.h on an as-needed basis: > > > > $ git-log-line linus..linux-next include/linux/pci_ids.h > > > > # 1126de5: Merge commit 'mmc/next' > > # bd3b052: Merge commit 'galak/powerpc-next' > > # edf0e24: powerpc/85xx: Add support for MPC8536DS > > # 34f80b0: bnx2x: Add support for BCM57711 HW > > # d3bca0e: sdhci: support JMicron secondary interface > > # 4ae127d: Merge branch 'master' of > > master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ # da65b53e4: Merge > > branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ # > > da57e6983: tg3: Add 5785 ASIC revision > > > > Which would normally go fine and not create conflicts because the > > modifications are distributed randomly over that file. > > > > I'd suggest for you to send it together with the clean up patches, so > > that the context is clear.
Ok. Will do it that way.
> > actually lately for most cases it seems the plan isn't to add to > pci_ids.h, but just do the PCI ID directly. It's not like a #define > adds any kind of information. > Vendor ID's otoh still happen (but obviously AMD is there since > forever.)
Since the usage of these CPU device ids is spread over the whole kernel it makes sence to define it at a single point in pci_ids.h. This differs to device drivers that use only a single file with all the code, and thus, global defines are not necessary.
-Robert
-- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Operating System Research Center email: robert.richter@amd.com
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