netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5] PCI: remove pci_enable

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Message-ID: <20170327171050.GA28815@lst.de>
Date:   Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:10:50 +0200
From:   'Christoph Hellwig' <hch@....de>
To:     David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Cc:     'Christoph Hellwig' <hch@....de>,
        "bhelgaas@...gle.com" <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netanel@...apurnalabs.com" <netanel@...apurnalabs.com>,
        "jcliburn@...il.com" <jcliburn@...il.com>,
        "chris.snook@...il.com" <chris.snook@...il.com>,
        "sgoutham@...ium.com" <sgoutham@...ium.com>,
        "rric@...nel.org" <rric@...nel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] PCI: remove pci_enable_msix

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 03:03:30PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> Indeed, but pci_enable_msix_range() only appeared in 3.14.
> We have to support a wide range of kernels.
> I think we've finally managed to get most of our customers off 2.6.18.

That's your problem, not that of upstream kernel developers.