Re: [RFC PATCH] PCI: remove access to pci_[enable|disable]_msi()for drivers

[Arjan van de Ven]

> > * What if the driver writer does not want MSI enabled for their
> >   hardware (even though there is an MSI capabilities entry)?  Reasons
> >   include: overhead involved in initiating the MSI; no support in some
> >   versions of firmware (QLogic hardware).
> 
> Yes, a very good point.  I guess I should keep the pci_enable_msi() and
> pci_disable_msi() functions exported for this reason.
> 

well... only pci_disable_msi() is needed for this ;)


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