linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pci: enable MSI on 8132

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Date:	Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:12:57 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
CC:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, david@...g.hm,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, DL-MPTFusionLinux@....com,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci: enable MSI on 8132

James Bottomley wrote:
> Like I said, I'm happy to have MSI completely disabled until LSI wants
> to comment, so no ... only the PCI quirk fix.  The true fix is to have
> the drivers participate in dynamic testing of MSI IRQ routing, but I've
> somewhat lost sight of that.

That's not really a fix at all, just additional, unneeded overhead for 
99% of users.  We don't need our drivers bloated with self-check code 
for all the components in our various computer chips...

	Jeff



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