Subject: Re: [PATCH] forcedeth: msi interrupts

From: Ayaz Abdulla <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:04:05 -0400

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:15:32 -0400
> Ayaz Abdulla <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Andrew Morton wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:51:46 -0400
>>>Ayaz Abdulla <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>
>>> > This patch adds a workaround for lost MSI interrupts. There is a race
>>> > condition in the HW in which future interrupts could be missed. The
>>> > workaround is to toggle the MSI irq mask.
>>> >
>>>
>>>Do you think this is a 2.6.26 thing?
>>
>>It is by HW design, not related to the kernel.
> 
> 
> Sorry, what I meant was: do you believe that this patch should be in
> 2.6.26?
Yes, it should be treated as a critical fix.

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