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

Arjan van de Ven
2005-06-07T07:32:36Z

> > * What if the driver writer does not want MSI enabled for their
> > hardware (even though there is an MSI capabilities entry)? Reasons
> > include: overhead involved in initiating the MSI; no support in some
> > versions of firmware (QLogic hardware).
>
> Yes, a very good point. I guess I should keep the pci_enable_msi() and
> pci_disable_msi() functions exported for this reason.
>

well... only pci_disable_msi() is needed for this ;)