linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] forcedeth: seperate handler for msix and normal int.

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Date:	Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:47:08 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@....COM>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] forcedeth: seperate handler for msix and normal int.


* Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@....COM> wrote:

> [PATCH] forcedeth: seperate handler for msix and normal int.
> 
> so we don't need to keep checking np->msi_flags to see if 
> NV_MSI_X_ENABLED is set in handler

hm, why is this patch needed and what's the effect of this patch?

i'm also wondering, what happened to Jeff's very nice flow cleanups and 
simplifications to forcedeth.c. They are not in 2.6.24 - are they queued 
up for 2.6.25 perhaps?

	Ingo
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