netdev - Re: [NET-NEXT PATCH] ixgbe: Implement PCIe AER support

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Message-ID: <20081201174754.2e5ef401@extreme>
Date:	Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:47:54 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org,
	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [NET-NEXT PATCH] ixgbe: Implement PCIe AER support

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:41:15 -0800
Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> wrote:

> From: PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> 
> This patch implements the PCIe Advanced Error Reporting callbacks in
> ixgbe.  The 82598 hardware supports AER, so we enable it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> ---

Once again: pcie-aer is not checking for mmconfig working!
If you turn it on, you may get screaming errors.

pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting should be checking for pci_read/pci_write
config errors and does not.

Your driver should be checking for pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting failing.
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