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authorMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>2015-03-30 10:32:34 +0200
committerBjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>2015-04-09 13:34:02 -0500
commit37a9c502c0af013aaae094556830100c2bb133ac (patch)
tree372f57cb17e5ea6e748f1f3c7335e78d74d7be86 /Documentation
parente33caa82e221b0bbeba373b507e3f134dc2efa1a (diff)
PCI: Clarify policy for vendor IDs in pci.txt
Clarify pci.txt so it matches the "do not add new entries unless they are shared between multiple drivers" comment in include/linux/pci_ids.h. [bhelgaas: changelog, strengthen language] Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
index 9518006f6675..123881f62219 100644
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@@ -564,14 +564,14 @@ to be handled by platform and generic code, not individual drivers.
8. Vendor and device identifications
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-One is not required to add new device ids to include/linux/pci_ids.h.
-Please add PCI_VENDOR_ID_xxx for vendors and a hex constant for device ids.
+Do not add new device or vendor IDs to include/linux/pci_ids.h unless they
+are shared across multiple drivers. You can add private definitions in
+your driver if they're helpful, or just use plain hex constants.
-PCI_VENDOR_ID_xxx constants are re-used. The device ids are arbitrary
-hex numbers (vendor controlled) and normally used only in a single
-location, the pci_device_id table.
+The device IDs are arbitrary hex numbers (vendor controlled) and normally used
+only in a single location, the pci_device_id table.
-Please DO submit new vendor/device ids to pciids.sourceforge.net project.
+Please DO submit new vendor/device IDs to http://pciids.sourceforge.net/.