Re: [RFC: 2.6.21 patch] let PCI_MSI depend on EXPERIMENTAL

2007-03-27 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> aka. Drivers have started supporting MSI, People have started using >> and testing MSI, and there has been MSI maintenance. People care. > > Agreed, well put. > > >> The most recent regressions involving MSI have been fixes pr

Re: [RFC: 2.6.21 patch] let PCI_MSI depend on EXPERIMENTAL

2007-03-26 Thread Jeff Garzik
Eric W. Biederman wrote: aka. Drivers have started supporting MSI, People have started using and testing MSI, and there has been MSI maintenance. People care. Agreed, well put. The most recent regressions involving MSI have been fixes propagating their way through the kernel, and I can't t

Re: [RFC: 2.6.21 patch] let PCI_MSI depend on EXPERIMENTAL

2007-03-26 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 21:13 -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > From: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:02:47 +0200 > > > >> We had during the last months have quite a few MSI bugs and even > >> regressions due to: > >> - co

Re: [RFC: 2.6.21 patch] let PCI_MSI depend on EXPERIMENTAL

2007-03-26 Thread Eric W. Biederman
David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:02:47 +0200 > >> We had during the last months have quite a few MSI bugs and even >> regressions due to: >> - core kernel bugs, >> - device driver bugs and >> - hardware bugs - architec

Re: [RFC: 2.6.21 patch] let PCI_MSI depend on EXPERIMENTAL

2007-03-26 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 06:24:22PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:02:47 +0200 > > > We had during the last months have quite a few MSI bugs and even > > regressions due to: > > - core kernel bugs, > > - device driver bugs and > > - h

Re: [RFC: 2.6.21 patch] let PCI_MSI depend on EXPERIMENTAL

2007-03-26 Thread David Miller
From: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:02:47 +0200 > We had during the last months have quite a few MSI bugs and even > regressions due to: > - core kernel bugs, > - device driver bugs and > - hardware bugs > > OTOH, MSI doesn't bring any real advantages for most users.

[RFC: 2.6.21 patch] let PCI_MSI depend on EXPERIMENTAL

2007-03-26 Thread Adrian Bunk
We had during the last months have quite a few MSI bugs and even regressions due to: - core kernel bugs, - device driver bugs and - hardware bugs OTOH, MSI doesn't bring any real advantages for most users. Let's therefore mark PCI_MSI as EXPERIMENTAL. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTE