Re: [PATCH 2/2] msi: Add support for the Intel chipsets that support MSI.

On 05/25/2007 02:10 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>>> This patch should be safe.  The anecdotal evidence is that when dealing
>>> with MSI the Intel chipsets just work.  If we find some buggy ones
>>> changing the list won't be hard.
>> The FADT bit should be probably checked anyways.
> 
> Sure if we have a way to check I have no problem, although I tend to
> trust the hardware more.
> 

Already in 2.6.22:

http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f8993aff8b4de0317c6e081802ca5c86c449fef2
Commit:     f8993aff8b4de0317c6e081802ca5c86c449fef2
Parent:     a23cf14b161b8deeb0f701d577a0e8be6365e247
Author:     Shaohua Li <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Apr 25 11:05:12 2007 +0800
Committer:  Len Brown <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Wed Apr 25 01:13:47 2007 -0400

    ACPI: Disable MSI on request of FADT
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