Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:44:38 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: David Fox <david.fox@linspire.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.15-rc2 pci_ids.h cleanup is a pain
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 02:27:23PM -0800, David Fox wrote:
> I'm sure I'm not the only person that applies patches to the kernel that 
> use some of the 500 plus PCI IDS eliminated from pci_ids.h by rc2.  I 
> would like to see the PCI ids that were removed simply because the don't 
> occur in the main kernel source restored.  Is there a rationale for 
> removing them that I'm not aware of?

They were not being used.  Why would you want them in there?

And, what pending patches do you have that patched this file?  Is there
a reason you have not submitted it for inclusion?

thanks,

greg k-h
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