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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] forcedeth: msi interrupts
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:10:54 -0700
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On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:04:05 -0400
Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:15:32 -0400
> > Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Andrew Morton wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:51:46 -0400
> >>>Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > This patch adds a workaround for lost MSI interrupts. There is a race
> >>> > condition in the HW in which future interrupts could be missed. The
> >>> > workaround is to toggle the MSI irq mask.
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>Do you think this is a 2.6.26 thing?
> >>
> >>It is by HW design, not related to the kernel.
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry, what I meant was: do you believe that this patch should be in
> > 2.6.26?
> Yes, it should be treated as a critical fix.

So should it also be backported into 2.6.25.x?

Bear in mind that $major_distros are apparently basing product on
2.6.25.