The new flag PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_RELAXED_ORDERING has been added to indicate that Relaxed Ordering Attributes (RO) should not be used for Transaction Layer Packets (TLP) targeted toward these affected Root Port, it will clear the bit4 in the PCIe Device Control register, so the PCIe device drivers could query PCIe configuration space to determine if it can send TLPs to Root Port with the Relaxed Ordering Attributes set.
The ixgbe driver could use this flag to determine if it can send TLPs to Root Port with the Relaxed Ordering Attributes set. v2: Simplify the original program according Alex's suggestion, remove the new ixgbe flag2 and only check the bit4 in the PCIe Device Control register. Ding Tianhong (2): Revert commit 1a8b6d76dc5b ("net:add one common config...") net: ixgbe: Use new PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_RELAXED_ORDERING flag arch/Kconfig | 3 -- arch/sparc/Kconfig | 1 - drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c | 37 ++++++++++++------------- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c | 32 +++++++++++---------- 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.1