On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 11:16:13AM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/msi.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/msi.c
> > index 3bb7d3d..0c16e2a 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/msi.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/msi.c
> > @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ int arch_msi_check_device(struct pci_dev* dev, int nvec, int type)
> > return -ENOSYS;
> > }
> >
> > + /* PowerPC doesn't support multiple MSI yet */
> > + if (type == PCI_CAP_ID_MSI && nvec > 1)
> > + return 1;
> > +
> > if (ppc_md.msi_check_device) {
> > pr_debug("msi: Using platform check routine.\n");
> > return ppc_md.msi_check_device(dev, nvec, type);
>
> That bit:
>
> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'll tell benh to expect this hunk to show up sometime via Jesse's tree.
Thanks!
> Looks good otherwise, not sure if we'll ever implement it, but good to
> have. Is AHCI the only driver you're planning on using it for ATM?
That's the only one I know where it's important. I think some PCIe
bridges would like to have multiple MSI. And I think some hardware
designs (not from Intel, from other companies who've talked to me) are
in the pipe to use multiple MSI, because it's cheaper than using MSI-X.
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