From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267333AbUHYRJR (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:09:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268139AbUHYRJR (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:09:17 -0400 Received: from palrel10.hp.com ([156.153.255.245]:23211 "EHLO palrel10.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267333AbUHYRJO (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:09:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:09:01 -0700 From: Grant Grundler To: Hidetoshi Seto Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [RFC&PATCH 2/2] PCI Error Recovery (readX_check) Message-ID: <20040825170901.GD19447@cup.hp.com> References: <412AD1EA.6080306@jp.fujitsu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <412AD1EA.6080306@jp.fujitsu.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:28:10PM +0900, Hidetoshi Seto wrote: > + bool "PCI device error recovery" > + depends on PCI depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL > + ---help--- > + By default, the device driver hardly recovers from PCI errors. When > + this feature is available, the special io interface are provided > + from the kernel. May I suggest an alternate text? Saying Y provides PCI infrastructure to recover from some PCI errors. Currently, very few PCI drivers actually implement this. See Documentation/pci-errors.txt for a description of the infrastructure provided. I'm still digesting the rest of the patch. grant