linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.32 v2] MCP55 SATA2 conditional MSI support for sata

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Date:	Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:26:58 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
CC:	Chetan.Loke@...lex.Com, tony@...x.net, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	philipl@...rt.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.32 v2] MCP55 SATA2 conditional MSI support for sata_nv

Robert Hancock wrote:
>> If I'm not wrong then that's how it's supposed to be done. free_irq
>> and then disable_msi. You can't reverse the order. Also the driver
>> should know when to quiesce the ASIC. So quiesce first and then
>> shutdown everything.
> 
> Seems like devres should handle this somehow, or else something in
> libata core.. Tejun?

Yeah, if the device was enabled with pcim_enable_device(), devres will
take of all the cleanups.  No need to worry about them.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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