From d1ac1d2622e8f0fd2a25127a8649d135b54db8a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Gordeev Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 08:28:13 +0100 Subject: PCI/MSI: Add pci_msi_vec_count() Device drivers can use this interface to obtain the maximum number of MSI interrupts the device supports and use that number, e.g., in a subsequent call to pci_enable_msi_block(). Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo --- Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt index a4d174e95413..a8b41788dfde 100644 --- a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt @@ -169,6 +169,21 @@ on any interrupt for which it previously called request_irq(). Failure to do so results in a BUG_ON(), leaving the device with MSI enabled and thus leaking its vector. +4.2.5 pci_msi_vec_count + +int pci_msi_vec_count(struct pci_dev *dev) + +This function could be used to retrieve the number of MSI vectors the +device requested (via the Multiple Message Capable register). The MSI +specification only allows the returned value to be a power of two, +up to a maximum of 2^5 (32). + +If this function returns a negative number, it indicates the device is +not capable of sending MSIs. + +If this function returns a positive number, it indicates the maximum +number of MSI interrupt vectors that could be allocated. + 4.3 Using MSI-X The MSI-X capability is much more flexible than the MSI capability. -- cgit v1.2.3