Re: [RFC v7] PCI: Set PCI-E Max Payload Size on fabric

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On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:20:54 -0500
Jon Mason <mason@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On a given PCI-E fabric, each device, bridge, and root port can have a
> different PCI-E maximum payload size.  There is a sizable performance
> boost for having the largest possible maximum payload size on each PCI-E
> device.  However, if improperly configured, fatal bus errors can occur.
> Thus, it is important to ensure that PCI-E payloads sends by a device
> are never larger than the MPS setting of all devices on the way to the
> destination.

Applied to my for-linus branch, thanks for being so persistent Jon!

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