netdev - Re: [PATCH] [bnx2]: Fix problem of using wrong IRQ handler.

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Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:12:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mchan@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [bnx2]: Fix problem of using wrong IRQ handler.

From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:52:57 -0800

> The MSI-X handler was chosen before the call to pci_enable_msix().
> If MSI-X was not available, the wrong MSI-X handler would be used in
> INTA mode.  This would cause a screaming interrupt problem because
> INTA would not be cleared by the MSI-X handler.
> 
> Fixed by assigning MSI-X handler after pci_enable_msix() returns
> successfully.  Also update version to 1.9.3.
> 
> Thomas Chenault <thomas_chenault@...l.com> helped us find this problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>

Applied, thanks.
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