Re: Patch(?): pci_device_id tables for drivers/scsi in 2.4.0-test11

[Jeff Garzik]

Keith Owens wrote:
> 
> [Adam J. Richter]
> > +static struct pci_device_id atp870u_pci_tbl[] __initdata = {
> > +{vendor: 0x1191, device: 0x8002, subvendor: PCI_ANY_ID, subdevice: PCI_ANY_ID},
> > +{vendor: 0x1191, device: 0x8010, subvendor: PCI_ANY_ID, subdevice: PCI_ANY_ID},
> 
> It would make it easier to read and safer to type if you used a macro
> to generate the fields.
> 
> #define PCITBL(v,d,sv,sd) \
>  { PCI_VENDOR_ID_##v, PCI_DEVICE_ID_##d, \
>    PCI_VENDOR_ID_##sv, PCI_DEVICE_ID_##sd }
> 
> #define PCITBL_END {0,0,0,0}
> 
> static struct pci_device_id foo_pci_tbl[] __initdata = {
>   PCITBL(INTEL, INTEL_82437VX, ANY, ANY),
>   PCITBL_END
> }

* your macro fails for the 'ANY' case, because the proper macro is
PCI_ANY_ID not PCI_{VENDOR,DEVICE}_ID_ANY.
* many drivers need to set the driver_data field

That said, the general idea presented above is quite good.  The PCITBL
macro will probably change on a per-driver basis... I don't think it
belongs in a common header.  For example, ethernet drivers might want to
have a macro that always checks for PCI-CLASS-ETHERNET under the hood,
while visibly looking like

PCITBL(INTEL, 82437VX, {a driver_data value}),
PCITBL(INTEL, 82987VX, {another driver_data value}),
PCITBL_END

	Jeff

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