From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: mchan@broadcom.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][BNX2]: Disable MSI on 5706 if AMD 8132 bridge is present
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:15:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <451DA902.7030409@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060929.160807.28788865.davem@davemloft.net>
David Miller wrote:
> From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:00:15 -0400
>
>> The patch and description provided no information about whether or not
>> it would be better to blacklist 8132 globally, as we have already done
>> with the 8131.
>
> It absolutely was not vague, it gave an explicit description of what
> the problem was, down to the transaction type being used by 5706 and
> what the stated rules are in the PCI spec, and it also gave a clear
> indication that the 5706 was in the wrong and that this was believed
> to be a unique situation.
It was completely vague as to why this incompatibility was specific to
the 5706, when -- as the description noted -- the behavior is legal.
Re-read the patch. At no time does it say 5706 was in the wrong.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-29 23:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-29 21:07 [PATCH][BNX2]: Disable MSI on 5706 if AMD 8132 bridge is present Michael Chan
2006-09-29 21:28 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-29 21:39 ` Michael Chan
2006-09-29 22:49 ` David Miller
2006-09-29 23:00 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-29 23:08 ` David Miller
2006-09-29 23:15 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2006-09-29 23:27 ` Michael Chan
2006-09-29 23:29 ` David Miller
2006-09-30 0:38 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-30 1:22 ` David Miller
2006-09-29 23:46 ` Rick Jones
2006-09-30 0:16 ` Roland Dreier
2006-09-30 0:07 ` David Miller
2006-09-30 10:13 ` Brice Goglin
2006-09-30 18:09 ` Michael Chan
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