Re: [PATCH 2/6] ath9k: add a quirk to set use_msi automatically

From: AceLan Kao
Date: Tue Sep 26 2017 - 03:27:10 EST


Ath9k is an old driver for old chips, and they work fine with legacy INTx.
But some new platforms are using it, so I think we should list those
new platforms which blocks INTx in the driver.

BTW, new chips use ath10k driver.

2017-09-26 14:44 GMT+08:00 Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 02:41:35PM +0800, AceLan Kao wrote:
>> Some platform(BIOS) blocks legacy interrupts (INTx), and only allows MSI
>> for WLAN device. So adding a quirk to list those machines and set
>> use_msi automatically.
>> Adding Dell Inspiron 24-3460 to the quirk.
>
> Huh? Using MSI should be the default, and skipping MSI should be
> a quirk if needed at all (usually it should be autodetected)