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Message-ID: <20070123133409.17a32128@freekitty> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:34:09 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> Cc: Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@...il.com>, Jay Cliburn <jacliburn@...lsouth.net>, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, shemminger@...l.org, csnook@...hat.com, hch@...radead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, atl1-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] atl1: Ancillary C files for Attansic L1 driver On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:33:29 -0500 Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote: > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > IMHO the MSI disabling should be removed from drivers and be done > > in the PCI core. > > That is the consensus opinion. > > Currently drivers implement the MSI tests because the core PCI code > hasn't been up to snuff. I (and others) have been discouraging that, > but when a user faces a choice between working and non-working network, > the pragmatic solution wins. > > All efforts to get us to the point where we can remove the MSI tests > from drivers are strongly supported... > > Jeff So far, either MSI works for all devices or is broken, so it makes sense to have a "msi=off" boot option (if there isn't already) -- Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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