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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/4] atl1: Ancillary C files for Attansic L1 driver
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:33:29 -0500
> Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> 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.

Linus's remark (IIRC) was to not enable CONFIG_PCI_MSI then.

>> 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)
>
There is one, but it's spelled "pci=nomsi".

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~Randy
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