netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] rtlwifi: make MSI support a module parameter

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Date:	Tue, 6 May 2014 14:08:37 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Adam Lee <adam.lee@...onical.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] rtlwifi: make MSI support a module parameter

On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 10:19:15AM +0800, Adam Lee wrote:
> On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 03:40:37PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Mon, 05 May 2014 09:56:16 -0500
> > Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > On 05/05/2014 03:33 AM, Adam Lee wrote:
> > > > This makes MSI support a module parameter, for debugging and workaround
> > > > convenience.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Adam Lee <adam.lee@...onical.com>  
> > > 
> > > Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net> (for all 3 patches)
> > > 
> > > I would have made the default for the MSI option to be true, but that is a 
> > > matter of preference, and only experience would show which default leads to the 
> > > fewer failures. On my laptop, both rtl8188ee and rtl8723be work either way. I am 
> > > now working on a driver for the RTL8192EE that also can use MSI - that has only 
> > > been tested with the option on.
> > > 
> > > Larry
> > 
> > Standard practice is to assume MSI is available, and let the quirks
> > in the PCI subsystem reject the request to enable MSI.
> > 
> > Also other drivers have a 'disable_msi' module parameter why not follow
> > their example.
> > 
> 
> Because some submodule's MSI causes an regression, and other submodules
> of rtlwifi are not fully tested under MSI, we need to disable it by
> default(regression has higher priority) and have an 'enable_msi' module
> parameter for some certain users.

Couldn't it be called 'disable_msi' and default to 'on'?

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