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    misc: hpilo: Exclude unsupported device via blacklist · bc7de897
    Matt Hsiao authored
    Instead of having explicit if statements excluding devices,
    use a pci_device_id table of devices to blacklist.
    
    HPE will put out minor updates to the iLO using the same device
    info except for the subsystem device id. hpilo driver takes the
    approach to claim based upon {Vendor, Device, SubVendor} and it
    allows old software to work on new hardware without patching.
    
    As our primary way to support our customers is via distros, the
    patching process could take months to go upstream and then
    backported to multiple releases of multiple distros.
    
    This approach worked fairly well as this is only the second time
    in 10+ years that we need to blacklist an instance.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMatt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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