Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] Remove REV from DeviceID

[Paul Durrant <xadimgnik@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 13/09/2023 15:15, Owen Smith wrote:
> Driver upgrades use HardwareIDs (or CompatibleIDs) to match the child INF 
> DDInstall
> section (stored as matching device id), but use the DeviceID to generate the 
> device
> instance path. By keeping the device instance path the same over upgrades, the 
> network
> stack should identify this as an upgrade, rather than 'replacement hardware', 
> and
> not generate a new network connection, which would require network settings to 
> be
> copied from the existing network connection to the new network connection.
>
> Note: This introduces a strict requirement for child device INF DDInstall 
> sections to
>    reference devices by the full (including revision) hardware ID
>
> Signed-off-by: Owen Smith <owen.smith@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   src/xenvif/pdo.c | 11 ++---------
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>