Stephen Hemminger wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:33:29 -0500
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
IMHO the MSI disabling should be removed from drivers and be done
in the PCI core.
That is the consensus opinion.
Currently drivers implement the MSI tests because the core PCI code
hasn't been up to snuff. I (and others) have been discouraging that,
but when a user faces a choice between working and non-working network,
the pragmatic solution wins.
Linus's remark (IIRC) was to not enable CONFIG_PCI_MSI then.
All efforts to get us to the point where we can remove the MSI tests
from drivers are strongly supported...
Jeff
So far, either MSI works for all devices or is broken, so it makes
sense to have a "msi=off" boot option (if there isn't already)
There is one, but it's spelled "pci=nomsi".
--
~Randy
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