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David Miller wrote: > The forthcoming patches are also available from: > > kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/msiquirk-2.6.git > > and clean up the handling of the common quirk wherein setting > INTX_DISABLE will mistakedly disable MSI generation for some > devices. > > For devices without that problem, we want to keep the pci_intx() calls > in drivers/pci/msi.c because those help protect against devices > with the opposite problem. Such devices always generate INTX > interrupts even when MSI is enabled, unless INTX_DISABLE is set. > > Michael, please pay special attention to patch #3. I think I > picked the correct PCI device IDs to match for the quirk > (5714* and 5780*) but it's possible we might need more elaborate > checks here. It at least worked properly for the chips in my > Niagara system. > > In addition to the Tigon3 cases, I added quirk entries for the > SB700/800 SATA chips and the IXP SB400 USB controllers. > > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> I'm happy with this patch series. A quirk is better than a sledgehammer, and MSI-mode SATA is better than INTX-mode SATA :) Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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