Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263880AbUAPEZm (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:25:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263903AbUAPEZm (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:25:42 -0500 Received: from delerium.codemonkey.org.uk ([81.187.208.145]:7299 "EHLO delerium.codemonkey.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263880AbUAPEZk (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:25:40 -0500 Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 04:25:00 +0000 From: Dave Jones To: Greg KH Cc: Jeff Garzik , Kieran Morrissey , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.1: Update PCI Name database, fix gen-devlist.c for long device names. Message-ID: <20040116042500.GA3658@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Greg KH , Jeff Garzik , Kieran Morrissey , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <5.1.0.14.2.20040115140515.00af1318@mail.mgpenguin.net> <40061188.8060705@pobox.com> <20040116012314.GN23253@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040116012314.GN23253@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 984 Lines: 29 On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 05:23:14PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > Well, appreciated, but we really do need to remove it. We don't need > > these strings in the kernel at all. pci.ids is just a static lookup > > table that is best kept in userspace. > > It will be removed in 2.7. So I'm the only one with deja vu ? My recollection of history went something like.. 2.2 - Marked as OBSOLETE when /proc/bus/pci came to town. iirc, even Martin Mares (PCI maintainer at the time) wanted it removed in 2.3.x 2.3 - Linus decides he likes it, and wants to keep it. 2.4 - Unmarked OBSOLETE 2.5 - Silence, (though we now get PCI stuff in /sys too, woo!) 2.6 - "It will be removed in 2.7" Anyone else spot a pattern ? 8-) Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/