Re: [RFC/Patch 2.6.11] Take control of PCI Master Abort Mode

From: Daniel Egger
Date: Thu Apr 14 2005 - 14:16:44 EST


On 14.04.2005, at 19:25, Ross Biro wrote:

Just to be clear, we can have two users A and B with the exact same
hardware. A setting of =y will screw user A and a setting of =n will
screw user B. Ideally, they would both get better hardware, but that
is not always an option.

You tell me a better[1] 32bit GigE PCI adapter than Intel E1000
and I sure do this. It's pretty interesting to see that those
who buy some not-so-cheeep hardware are being screwed in this
case; it should be in Intels best interest to help fix this
issue ASAP and permantently for all users.

[1] better performance at less CPU utilization + good diagnostics
and negotiation capabilities

Servus,
Daniel

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