netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC 00/77] Re-design MSI/MSI-X interrupts enablement pattern

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Message-ID: <20131004092108.GB4536@dhcp-26-207.brq.redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 4 Oct 2013 11:21:09 +0200
From:	Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...hat.com>
To:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
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	x86@...nel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
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	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 00/77] Re-design MSI/MSI-X interrupts enablement
 pattern

On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 09:31:49AM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> > Mmmm.. I am not sure I am getting it. Could you please rephrase?
> 
> One possibility is for drivers than can use a lot of interrupts to
> request a minimum number initially and then request the additional
> ones much later on.
> That would make it less likely that none will be available for
> devices/drivers that need them but are initialised later.

It sounds as a whole new topic for me. Isn't it?

Anyway, what prevents the above from being done with pci_enable_msix(nvec1) -
pci_disable_msix() - pci_enable_msix(nvec2) where nvec1 < nvec2?

> 	David

-- 
Regards,
Alexander Gordeev
agordeev@...hat.com
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