From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:46:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-qe0-f52.google.com ([209.85.128.52]:36537 "EHLO mail-qe0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S6868739Ab3JIPqQWbfF5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Oct 2013 17:46:16 +0200 Received: by mail-qe0-f52.google.com with SMTP id w7so754887qeb.39 for ; Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:46:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=4VyhOrgIPoHGT/7G7udfP2Gifv4pcNA/GhX+A/dOLfc=; b=seMlYycMgTxoH6WK4YBv4g6qDuRZupaUKY4a6s+3QXIYh2RVFTd0/39aIZDm+ECg7w oNVDrOtqGwxm+pk7MP2e8gAcRvHlc4NhkogjJWdzov65s9LzAB/5BQJI5UqUZVpn6VEL 6WLekYqzfUllf68D2ATsurqpVTJVof8hTNJFC8IDPMA7DzPcT3bk+TtXz9PKTXqL9pj8 C7tteiHQpD4zrT7Qml9iatSP9H/eMsXGrhlXbCpj9/8G2Hp+wmU+D3acxvN90b9CTm23 eo7e0sKIo8g2uvZCFylGIoPzqBLtZtkbsBNIClef/aMbXD+XZfqfSAcc0LlWDMiaAtuG rFhw== X-Received: by 10.224.5.137 with SMTP id 9mr12038277qav.65.1381333570314; Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:46:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from htj.dyndns.org (207-38-225-25.c3-0.43d-ubr1.qens-43d.ny.cable.rcn.com. [207.38.225.25]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id a9sm54951034qed.6.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:46:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 11:46:06 -0400 From: Tejun Heo To: Ben Hutchings Cc: Alexander Gordeev , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Bjorn Helgaas , Ralf Baechle , Michael Ellerman , Martin Schwidefsky , Ingo Molnar , Dan Williams , Andy King , Jon Mason , Matt Porter , linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux390@de.ibm.com, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, iss_storagedev@hp.com, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-driver@qlogic.com, Solarflare linux maintainers , "VMware, Inc." , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 00/77] Re-design MSI/MSI-X interrupts enablement pattern Message-ID: <20131009154606.GC22495@htj.dyndns.org> References: <1380840585.3419.50.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.level5networks.com> <20131004082920.GA4536@dhcp-26-207.brq.redhat.com> <1380922156.3214.49.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.level5networks.com> <20131005142054.GA11270@dhcp-26-207.brq.redhat.com> <1381009586.645.141.camel@pasglop> <20131006060243.GB28142@dhcp-26-207.brq.redhat.com> <1381040386.645.143.camel@pasglop> <20131006071027.GA29143@dhcp-26-207.brq.redhat.com> <1381178881.1536.28.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.level5networks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1381178881.1536.28.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.level5networks.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 38293 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: tj@kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: linux-mips X-List-ID: linux-mips List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: linux-mips On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 09:48:01PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > There is one major flaw in min-max approach - the generic MSI layer > > will have to take decisions on exact number of MSIs to request, not > > device drivers. > [... > > No, the min-max functions should be implemented using the same loop that > drivers are expected to use now. Wheee... earlier in the thread I thought you guys were referring to yourselves in the third person and was getting a bit worried. :) -- tejun