linux-kernel - Re: Who's responsible for configuring CLS on a cardbus device?

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Date:	Wed, 27 May 2009 08:51:45 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
CC:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, towerlexa@....de
Subject: Re: Who's responsible for configuring CLS on a cardbus device?

Hello,

Robert Hancock wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:
>> Currently its handled by pci_set_mwi() but there isn't actually a more
>> direct way to do this.

Thanks Alan.

> Yeah, I guess the assumption is that unless the device is using MWI it
> doesn't care about cache line size. However, in the case of the sata_sil
> controllers (and possibly other devices), the device cares about it for
> other purposes (I think it's FIFO handling in this case).
> 
> Maybe we should just be setting the cache line size somewhere more
> basic, like pci_set_master or something?

Hmmm... given that it is something which is usually handled by the
system firmware, wouldn't it be more fitting to configure it from pci
hotplug code?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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