Re: [PATCH 7/8] pci: Add CircuitCo VENDOR ID and MinnowBoard DEVICE ID

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On 06/26/2013 02:46 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>>
>> Microsoft has a "best practices" document, which may end up becoming
>> basis for a future PCI-SIG document clarifying the standard:
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg463287.aspx
> 
> Interesting, thanks for the link.  If I read that correctly, the
> MinnowBoard is basically a motherboard, and any board layout change or
> component value change will require a new Subsystem ID, which will in
> turn require a pch_gbe update.  That doesn't sound optimal, but maybe
> people don't actually interpret it that strictly.
> 

It could be interpreted that literally, yes.  This is part of why a
"subsystem" isn't necessarily forced to be a "board".

	-hpa


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