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DateMon, 6 Jun 2005 22:22:03 -0700
FromGreg KH <>
SubjectRe: pci_enable_msi() for everyone?
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 05:26:32PM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote:
> 
>     davej> What if MSI support has been disabled in the bridge due to
>     davej> some quirk (like the recent AMD 8111 quirk) ?  Maybe the
>     davej> above function should check pci_msi_enable as well ?
> 
>     Greg> Yes, you are correct.  I said it wasn't tested :)
> 
> Huh?  If a host bridge doesn't support MSI, and a device below it has
> its MSI capability enabled, we're in big trouble.  Because that device
> is going to send interrupt messages whether the bridge likes it or
> not.

No, that device would never get MSI enabled on it.  See the patch I
posted to make sure I didn't get it wrong...

thanks,

greg k-h
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