netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 08/13] net: ethernet: aquantia: PCI operations

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Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:48:52 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Alexander Loktionov <Alexander.Loktionov@...antia.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, David VomLehn <vomlehn@...as.net>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Simon Edelhaus <Simon.Edelhaus@...antia.com>,
        Dmitrii Tarakanov <Dmitrii.Tarakanov@...antia.com>,
        Pavel Belous <Pavel.Belous@...antia.com>,
        Dmitry Bezrukov <Dmitry.Bezrukov@...antia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 08/13] net: ethernet: aquantia: PCI operations

On 01/12/2017 09:02 PM, Alexander Loktionov wrote:
> From: David VomLehn <vomlehn@...as.net>
> 
> Add functions that handle the PCI bus interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Loktionov <Alexander.Loktionov@...antia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitrii Tarakanov <Dmitrii.Tarakanov@...antia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Belous <Pavel.Belous@...antia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Bezrukov <Dmitry.Bezrukov@...antia.com>
> Signed-off-by: David M. VomLehn <vomlehn@...as.net>
> ---

> +	/*enable interrupts */
> +#if AQ_CFG_FORCE_LEGACY_INT
> +	self->irq_type = AQ_IRQ_LEGACY;
> +#else
> +	err = pci_enable_msix(self->pdev, self->msix_entry,
> +			      self->aq_hw_caps.msix_irqs);

You should really try MSI(x) first and fallback to leagcy PCI INT# if
you cannot succeed, asking for a driver rebuild to switch between these
behaviors may not be an option for most people (a module parameter may
be an option but is usually not such a great idea).
-- 
Florian