On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 09:42 -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:56:28 +0100
> Ben Hutchings <bhutchi...@solarflare.com> wrote:
>
> > commit 2ca1af9aa3285c6a5f103ed31ad09f7399fc65d7 "PCI: MSI: Remove
> > unsafe and unnecessary hardware access" changed read_msi_msg_desc() to
> > return the last MSI message written instead of reading it from the
> > device, since it may be called while the device is in a reduced
> > power state.
> >
> > However, the pSeries platform code really does need to read messages
> > from the device, since they are initially written by firmware.
> > Therefore:
> > - Restore the previous behaviour of read_msi_msg_desc()
> > - Add new functions get_cached_msi_msg{,_desc}() which return the
> > last MSI message written
> > - Use the new functions where appropriate
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchi...@solarflare.com>
> > ---
> > Compile-tested only.
> >
>
> Applied to linux-next with Michael's ack, thanks. I hope it actually
> works, I didn't see a tested-by!I assume Stephen has been using it, otherwise his linux-next boot tests will all have been failing. Either way he'll test it when it gets into linux-next proper. cheers
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