netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/1] netxen_nic: fix MSI/MSI-x interrupts

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Date:   Sat, 9 Jan 2021 13:51:19 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        <irusskikh@...vell.com>, <GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] netxen_nic: fix MSI/MSI-x interrupts

On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 02:15:20 -0800 Manish Chopra wrote:
> For all PCI functions on the netxen_nic adapter, interrupt
> mode (INTx or MSI) configuration is dependent on what has
> been configured by the PCI function zero in the shared
> interrupt register, as these adapters do not support mixed
> mode interrupts among the functions of a given adapter.
> 
> Logic for setting MSI/MSI-x interrupt mode in the shared interrupt
> register based on PCI function id zero check is not appropriate for
> all family of netxen adapters, as for some of the netxen family
> adapters PCI function zero is not really meant to be probed/loaded
> in the host but rather just act as a management function on the device,
> which caused all the other PCI functions on the adapter to always use
> legacy interrupt (INTx) mode instead of choosing MSI/MSI-x interrupt mode.
> 
> This patch replaces that check with port number so that for all
> type of adapters driver attempts for MSI/MSI-x interrupt modes.
> 
> Fixes: b37eb210c076 ("netxen_nic: Avoid mixed mode interrupts")
> Signed-off-by: Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Igor Russkikh <irusskikh@...vell.com>

Interesting that nobody noticed this for 7 years.

Applied, thanks.