linux-kernel - Re: Issue with firewire from 2.6.35.9 to 2.6.36.1

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Date:	Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:17:36 +0100
From:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux1394-devel <linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: Issue with firewire from 2.6.35.9 to 2.6.36.1

Stefan Richter wrote:
> I wonder which of our options is preferable:
>   - Change fw-ohci from MSI blacklisting to whitelisting.  Agere FW643
>     rev 07 is the only chip that can be whitelisted.
>   - Simply drop MSI support altogether.

That depends on whether the maintainer can afford the effort of
maintaining the whitelist.


Regards,
Clemens
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