Re: [PATCH] ALSA: hda-intel - Disable MSI support by default

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Wed Nov 15 2006 - 21:26:00 EST



> Is this absolutely true? I've never been sure about this point, and I
> was rather convinced after reading various documents that once you
> program up the MSI registers to start generating MSI this implicitly
> disabled INTX and this was even in the PCI specification.

I think it is in the spec, that doesn't mean all device vendors get it
right. I have a vendor spec under my eyes at the moment (sorry, can't
say what it is) which has exactly this bug.

Ben.


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