Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rc5] MSI: read-flush MSI-X table (rev 2)

[Eric W. Biederman]

"Williams, Mitch A" <mitch.a.williams@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Chuck Ebbert wrote:
>>Are you going to post one for 2.6.20 as well? Some people might be
>>interested...
>
> The first time I posted this patch, Greg KH indicated that he thought
> it was too intrusive to add to -stable, especially considering that
> our MSI-X capable hardware isn't in the field yet.

There is MSI-X capable hardware supported by the kernel in 2.6.20.

The last version of your patch with the code removed from the set_affinity
path is not very intrusive at all, as it just touches msi.c

Eric
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