linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pci: enable MSI on 8132

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Date:	Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:50:31 -0800
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, david@...g.hm,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, DL-MPTFusionLinux@....com,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci: enable MSI on 8132

Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com> writes:
>
> Is there a reason why we can't just enable the HT MSI mapping for any bridge
> device that has that PCI capability and is underneath an HT bridge?

The code should be under CONFIG_X86 because the rules for enabling HT MSI mappings
are different for other architectures.  But otherwise I can't think of a reason.

> Essentially
> the code for nv_msi_ht_cap_quirk could potentially be applied to all bridges as
> it is currently for NVIDIA and ALi bridges..

Sounds like it would save a fair amount of grief.

Eric
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