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Date:	Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:00:25 +1000
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>,
	val_henson@...ux.intel.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	gregkh@...e.de
Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [PATCH 1/2] [PCI] Check that MWI bit really did get
 set

Andrew Morton writes:

> If the drivers doesn't care and if it makes no difference to performance
> then just delete the call to pci_set_mwi().
> 
> But if MWI _does_ make a difference to performance then we should tell
> someone that it isn't working rather than silently misbehaving?

That sounds like we need a printk inside pci_set_mwi then, rather than
adding a printk to every single caller.

Paul.
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