Hi Greg, On 07/05/2013 11:43 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 11:34:05PM +0200, Michael Opdenacker wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm wondering why there is no include/linux/usb_ids.h (or >> include/linux/usb/ids.h) file in the same way there is a >> include/linux/pci_ids.h for PCI. > Because that way lies madness, we have learned from our mistakes and do > not want to repeat them again :) > > It turns out that the pci_ids file isn't a good idea, it's a merge mess, > and only really works when you have ids that are shared across different > drivers. In the end, that is a very small number, and it's just not > worth the time and effort to do this in a centralized way. > > Hope this helps explain things, if you want more details, dig into the > linux usb mailing list about 10-15 years ago when this decision was > made. I understand better now, thanks. It's true that the added value would have been relatively small anyway. Thanks for your time! Cheers, Michael. > > thanks, > > greg k-h -- Michael Opdenacker, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com +33 484 258 098 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
