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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: hda-intel - Disable MSI support by default
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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:10:42 -0800 (PST)

> Yours was still an example of "nice". And it had absolutely nothing
> to do with the _PROBLEM_.

Understood.

BTW, some drivers have taken the approch to add MSI self-tests
inside of the driver to ensure correct option of MSI on a given
machine.  There's a lot of resistence to that, the reasons for
which I grok fully, but I'm not sure other suggestions such as
black lists are any better.

Given current experience maybe white-lists are in fact the way
to go.