thanx for reply. Just i wanted to use that function in my module, and my assumption is 'lspci' is using this function(pci_class_name) trough the proc/pci interface, so if that fuction is used in driver/pci/proc.c and defined in driver/pci/names.c...then why i can't use that fucntion in my module...? ======= regards megharaj. On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 00:37, Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:29:00PM +0530, Megharaj wrote: > > i want to use the fucntion pci_class_name in my module. > > Why? It's not always compiled into the kernel (see the 2.6 > implementation) and is pretty much a dumb idea (we shouldn't be putting > device string databases in the kernel, it can be done much easier in > userspace). > > Also, the function will probably go away for good in 2.7. > > What do you need that function for? Printing a pretty name to the > syslog? > > thanks, > > greg k-h > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
