linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3] [media] saa7164: use an MSI interrupt when available

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Message-ID: <54F67F3E.4050708@dharty.com>
Date:	Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:42:54 -0800
From:	catchall <catchall@...rty.com>
To:	Brendan McGrath <redmcg@...mandi.dyndns.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@....samsung.com>,
	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Steven Toth <stoth@...nellabs.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3] [media] saa7164: use an MSI interrupt when available

On 02/28/2015 04:14 PM, Brendan McGrath wrote:
> Enhances driver to use an MSI interrupt when available.
>
> Adds the module option 'enable_msi' (type bool) which by default is
> enabled. Can be set to 'N' to disable.
>
> Fixes (or can reduce the occurrence of) a crash which is most commonly
> reported when multiple saa7164 chips are in use. A reported example can
> be found here:
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.video-input-infrastructure/83948
>
> Reviewed-by: Steven Toth <stoth@...nellabs.com>
> Signed-off-by: Brendan McGrath <redmcg@...mandi.dyndns.org>
>
I wanted to report that I have been running this patch for about a week 
now and I have had no instances of the zero free sequences issue.

Thank you very much!

David

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