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@@ -259,7 +259,17 @@ on the bus need to be capable of doing it, so this is something which needs
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to be handled by platform and generic code, not individual drivers.
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-8. Obsolete functions
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+8. Vendor and device identifications
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+For the future, let's avoid adding device ids to include/linux/pci_ids.h.
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+PCI_VENDOR_ID_xxx for vendors, and a hex constant for device ids.
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+Rationale: PCI_VENDOR_ID_xxx constants are re-used, but device ids are not.
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+ Further, device ids are arbitrary hex numbers, normally used only in a
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+ single location, the pci_device_id table.
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+9. Obsolete functions
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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There are several functions which you might come across when trying to
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port an old driver to the new PCI interface. They are no longer present
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