netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 28/35] qlcnic: Use pci_enable_msix_range() instead of pci_enable

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Date:	Sat, 22 Feb 2014 10:24:26 +0100
From:	Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...hat.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...gic.com>,
	Rajesh Borundia <rajesh.borundia@...gic.com>,
	Shahed Shaikh <shahed.shaikh@...gic.com>,
	linux-driver@...gic.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 28/35] qlcnic: Use pci_enable_msix_range()
 instead of pci_enable_msix()

On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 12:48:47AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Sorry, I'm confused and this does work.  But I wonder whether it is
> really an improvement over using the old API.

Slightly, as far as I am concerned - we just exchange tri-state oddity
to re-enable MSI-X oddity. We're not going to improve drivers that can
not work with any number of MSI-Xs from a range, like this one.

> Ben.

-- 
Regards,
Alexander Gordeev
agordeev@...hat.com
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