[Bug 14877] MSI/MSI-X support in 2.6.31.xx and 2.6.32.xx seems broken

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http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14877





--- Comment #6 from Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  2010-01-22 23:18:19 ---
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:23:50 +0200
Oleg Gawriloff <barzog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 15.01.2010 1:01, Andrew Morton __________:
> 
> > Oleg, please send that lpfc patch via emailed reply-to-all to this email.
> > Include a brief description for the changelog and a Signed-off-by: as
> > per Documentation/SubmittingPatches, thanks.
> Signed-off-by version available at
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=126342842601776&w=2
> 
> From: George Kadianakis <desnacked {bomb} gmail {point} com>
> 
> A Gentoo bug report [1] showed that as of 2.6.31 lpfc only uses INTx 
> interrupts.
> This patch restores lpfc's ability to support MSI-X/MSI interrupts that the
> "Addition of SLI4 Interface - Base Support" patch [2] broke.
> It reestablishes MSI-X as the default interrupt method and in case MSI-X 
> is not
> supported lpfc_sli{4,}_enable_intr fallbacks to MSI and then to INTx.
> 
> [1]: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=296319
> [2]: commit da0436e915a5c17ee79e72c1bf978a4ebb1cbf4d
> 
> Signed-off-by:  George Kadianakis <desnacked {cat} gmail {dog} com>
> ---
>   drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c |    6 +++---
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
> index e1a30a1..936ecaf 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
> @@ -2890,12 +2890,12 @@ LPFC_ATTR_RW(poll_tmo, 10, 1, 255,
>   /*
>   # lpfc_use_msi: Use MSI (Message Signaled Interrupts) in systems that
>   # 				 support this feature
> -#       0  = MSI disabled (default)
> +#       0  = MSI disabled
>   #       1  = MSI enabled
> -#       2  = MSI-X enabled
> +#       2  = MSI-X enabled (default)
>   # Value range is [0,2]. Default value is 0.
>   */
> -LPFC_ATTR_R(use_msi, 0, 0, 2, "Use Message Signaled Interrupts (1) or "
> +LPFC_ATTR_R(use_msi, 2, 0, 2, "Use Message Signaled Interrupts (1) or "
>   					      "MSI-X (2), if possible");
> 

This is committed to the scsi tree without a cc:stable, so it won't get
backported into 2.6.32.x and might not make it into 2.6.33 either.

Was that all intentional?

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