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Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 22:55:27 -0700
From: Andrew Grover <andy.grover@gmail.com>
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To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] PCI: remove access to pci_[enable|disable]_msi() for drivers - take 2
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On 6/7/05, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
> If the driver has to _undo_ something that it did not do, that's pretty
> lame.  Non-orthogonal.

I would think the number of MSI and MSI-X capable devices is going to
explode over the next five years. I'm not sure it's right to make all
these device's drivers pay a complexity cost because some of the first
attempted MSI implementations were buggy.

> Also, it looks like all the PCI MSI drivers need touching for this
> scheme -- which defeats the original intention.  At this rate, the best
> API is the one we've already got.

For now...but I'm bringing this up again in five years!! *sets egg timer*

-- Andy