On 6/7/05, Jeff Garzik <[email protected]> wrote:
> If the driver has to _undo_ something that it did not do, that's pretty
> lame. Non-orthogonal.
I would think the number of MSI and MSI-X capable devices is going to
explode over the next five years. I'm not sure it's right to make all
these device's drivers pay a complexity cost because some of the first
attempted MSI implementations were buggy.
> Also, it looks like all the PCI MSI drivers need touching for this
> scheme -- which defeats the original intention. At this rate, the best
> API is the one we've already got.
For now...but I'm bringing this up again in five years!! *sets egg timer*
-- Andy
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