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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 13:34:40 -0800 (PST)
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] starfire reads irq before pci_enable_device.
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Jeff Garzik writes:
 > And in another message, On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, David S. Miller wrote:
 > > 3) The acenic/gbit performance anomalies have been cured
 > >    by reverting the PCI mem_inval tweaks.
 > 
 > 
 > Just to be clear, acenic should or should not use MWI?
 > 
 > And can a general rule be applied here?  Newer Tulip hardware also
 > has the ability to enable/disable MWI usage, IIRC.

I think this is an Acenic specific issue.  The second processor on the
Acenic board is only there to work around bugs in their DMA
controller.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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