Message ID | 1502876507-9360-1-git-send-email-dingtianhong@huawei.com |
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Headers | show |
Series | net: ixgbe: Use new flag to disable Relaxed Ordering | expand |
From: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com> 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.
On 2017/8/17 1:56, David Miller wrote: > From: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com> > 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. > Thanks David, but I am not sure when the Intel guys would take over, just Alex has replied, so I will release a new version according Alex's suggestion. > . >