Re: [PATCH 5/5] PCI: remove pci_enable_msix

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On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 09:59:35AM -0700, David Daney wrote:
> On 03/27/2017 01:29 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> Unused now that all callers switched to pci_alloc_irq_vectors.
>>
>
> And you are aware that the ThunderX GPIO driver that I am attempting to 
> merge uses this interface.
>
> If this patch gets merged, should I ask to revert it when the GPIO driver 
> goes in?

No.  You should not use pci_enable_msix in your new driver as I told
you before.

> You offer no solution for drivers that would benefit from using a sparse 
> sub set of the available MSI-X vectors.

Use pci_enable_msix_{exact,range} for now, as I told you before.



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