Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752387Ab0HQMpL (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:45:11 -0400 Received: from mxout1.idt.com ([157.165.5.25]:39257 "EHLO mxout1.idt.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750961Ab0HQMpJ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:45:09 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: [PATCH 7/9] RapidIO: Add handling for PW message from a lost device Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:44:25 -0700 Message-ID: <0CE8B6BE3C4AD74AB97D9D29BD24E552011D61BF@CORPEXCH1.na.ads.idt.com> In-Reply-To: <4C6A38A4.6070505@neli.hopto.org> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: thread-topic: [PATCH 7/9] RapidIO: Add handling for PW message from a lost device thread-index: Acs93I4p0jLYclOcSOykSob+r9M3pQAKuRjg References: <1281712686-31308-1-git-send-email-alexandre.bounine@idt.com> <1281712686-31308-8-git-send-email-alexandre.bounine@idt.com> <4C692F31.2020705@neli.hopto.org> <0CE8B6BE3C4AD74AB97D9D29BD24E552011D6040@CORPEXCH1.na.ads.idt.com> <4C6A38A4.6070505@neli.hopto.org> From: "Bounine, Alexandre" To: "Micha Nelissen" Cc: , , , "Bounine, Alexandre" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 758 Lines: 17 Micha Nelissen wrote: > > Perhaps an idea is to use the repeated port-write sending feature so > that dropped port-writes are not a problem anymore. > Unfortunately, this feature is not defined by RIO spec. This is proprietary function, so we cannot rely on it. Yes, this is nice feature of Tsi57x switches and may be used if you have a closed system - just enable it in em_init. The RIO spec part 8 is quite open about port-write generation and we cannot expect the same behavior from different devices. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/