Re: [PATCH] starfire reads irq before pci_enable_device.

David S. Miller
2001-02-17T21:37:32Z

Jeff Garzik writes:
> And in another message, On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, David S. Miller wrote:
> > 3) The acenic/gbit performance anomalies have been cured
> > by reverting the PCI mem_inval tweaks.
>
>
> Just to be clear, acenic should or should not use MWI?
>
> And can a general rule be applied here? Newer Tulip hardware also
> has the ability to enable/disable MWI usage, IIRC.

I think this is an Acenic specific issue. The second processor on the
Acenic board is only there to work around bugs in their DMA
controller.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com