Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] atl1: Ancillary C files for Attansic L1 driver

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:34:09 -0800

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:33:29 -0500
Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > IMHO the MSI disabling should be removed from drivers and be done
> > in the PCI core.
> 
> That is the consensus opinion.
> 
> Currently drivers implement the MSI tests because the core PCI code 
> hasn't been up to snuff.  I (and others) have been discouraging that, 
> but when a user faces a choice between working and non-working network, 
> the pragmatic solution wins.
> 
> All efforts to get us to the point where we can remove the MSI tests 
> from drivers are strongly supported...
> 
> 	Jeff

So far, either MSI works for all devices or is broken, so it makes
sense to have a "msi=off" boot option (if there isn't already)

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Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>