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authorMichael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>2011-07-14 22:05:01 +0200
committerMichael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>2011-08-02 23:34:32 +0200
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parentDocs: MSI-HOWTO: `asked for' -> `requested' (diff)
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Docs: MSI-HOWTO: Streamline some wording
Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> Acked-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
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--- a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ switched into MSI mode.
The device driver must decide what action to take if
pci_enable_msi_block() returns a value less than the number requested.
-Some devices can make use of fewer interrupts than the maximum they
-request; in this case the driver should call pci_enable_msi_block()
+For instance, the driver could still make use of fewer interrupts;
+in this case the driver should call pci_enable_msi_block()
again. Note that it is not guaranteed to succeed, even when the
'count' has been reduced to the value returned from a previous call to
pci_enable_msi_block(). This is because there are multiple constraints