Re: [RFC PATCH] PCI: remove access to pci_[enable|disable]_msi() for drivers

Andi Kleen
2005-06-08T13:37:53Z

> The issue is, if pci_enable_msix() fails, we want to fall back to MSI,
> so you need to call pci_enable_msi() for that (after calling
> pci_disable_msi() before calling pci_enable_msix(), what a mess...)

It is messy in that case, but still preferable to having MSI code
in every driver. I suppose most devices will not use MSI-X for some time...

-Andi