From 37a9c502c0af013aaae094556830100c2bb133ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:32:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas --- Documentation/PCI/pci.txt | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt index 9518006f6675..123881f62219 100644 --- a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt @@ -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/. -- 2.20.1