Re: [PATCH net 0/2] net: ixgbe: Use new flag to disable Relaxed Ordering

[David Miller]

From: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:41:45 +0800

> The new flag PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_RELAXED_ORDERING has been added
> to indicate that Relaxed Ordering Attributes (RO) should not
> be used for Transaction Layer Packets (TLP) targeted toward
> these affected Root Port, it will clear the bit4 in the PCIe
> Device Control register, so the PCIe device drivers could
> query PCIe configuration space to determine if it can send
> TLPs to Root Port with the Relaxed Ordering Attributes set.
> 
> The ixgbe driver could use this flag to determine if it can
> send TLPs to Root Port with the Relaxed Ordering Attributes set.

I'll let the Intel guys pick this up.