From be9b0e558d6172ef01ed880d47da897d2ceb25fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Nusinow <dnusinow@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:49:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note as to why the text file based PCI ID scheme is
 present at all

---
 hw/xfree86/common/xf86AutoConfig.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86AutoConfig.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86AutoConfig.c
index efaf45fb8..29f1279fa 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86AutoConfig.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86AutoConfig.c
@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ autoConfigDevice(GDevPtr preconf_device)
 }
 
 #ifdef __linux__
+/* This function is used to provide a workaround for binary drivers that
+ * don't export their PCI ID's properly. If distros don't end up using this
+ * feature it can and should be removed because the symbol-based resolution
+ * scheme should be the primary one */
 static void
 matchDriverFromFiles (char** matches, uint16_t match_vendor, uint16_t match_chip)
 {