Re: pci_enable_msi() for everyone?

[Roland Dreier]

    davej> What if MSI support has been disabled in the bridge due to
    davej> some quirk (like the recent AMD 8111 quirk) ?  Maybe the
    davej> above function should check pci_msi_enable as well ?

    Greg> Yes, you are correct.  I said it wasn't tested :)

Huh?  If a host bridge doesn't support MSI, and a device below it has
its MSI capability enabled, we're in big trouble.  Because that device
is going to send interrupt messages whether the bridge likes it or
not.

 - R.
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