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Message-ID: <20070223202004.GA16359@gospo.rdu.redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:20:05 -0500
From:	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
To:	Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, nedev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] forcedeth: disable msix

On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 03:34:40AM -0500, Ayaz Abdulla wrote:
> There seems to be an issue when both MSI-X is enabled and NAPI is 
> configured. This patch disables MSI-X until the issue is root caused.
> 
> Signed-Off-By: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>
> 

> --- orig/drivers/net/forcedeth.c	2007-02-20 03:29:04.000000000 -0500
> +++ new/drivers/net/forcedeth.c	2007-02-20 03:29:33.000000000 -0500
> @@ -839,7 +839,7 @@
>  	NV_MSIX_INT_DISABLED,
>  	NV_MSIX_INT_ENABLED
>  };
> -static int msix = NV_MSIX_INT_ENABLED;
> +static int msix = NV_MSIX_INT_DISABLED;
>  
>  /*
>   * DMA 64bit


Ayaz,

Can you elaborate on symptoms that would make one want to use this
patch?

-andy


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