Re: [Etherboot-developers] PCI IDs in 5.1 drivers

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ke...@us... (Ken Yap) writes:

> >So the proposal goes:
> >- Don't use pci_ids.h use hex numbers.  pci_ids.h doesn't seem to add any rea
> >l value.
> >- Use macros (PCI_ROM, ISA_ROM) because they are easy to find.
> >- Do the work in genrules.pl when we build the Rom file.
> 
> Agree fully.
> 
> >- For the weird cases, and for identifying the drivers keep the NIC file.
> 
> I think you could even dispense with a proto NIC file and have the NIC
> template inside genrules.pl itself. Reasoning: there aren't likely to be
> any new ISA drivers and new PCI families don't happen often either. When
> that happens a new genrules.pl can be released.

Probably, and even new ISA drivers can be handled.  But I will take
this one small step at a time.  I am certain I can get rid of most of
the NIC file.   There is danger in a misconversion though.

The most abnormal case I have is the ide driver.  As it supports
anything that is the right class of device.  And it does not have a
list of supported pci ids.  

Eric