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Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista will not fall back to legacy interrupt support from MSI-X interrupts after a firmware downgrade


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Action

Consider the following scenario.� You downgrade the firmware of a device that supports MSI-X interrupts to firmware that only supports Legacy Line-based hardware interrupts.

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Result

Windows�cannot�fall back to Legacy Line-based�interrupts.� Because of this, the device whose firmware has been downgraded to Legacy Line-based interrupts will no longer function.� As a result, you will no longer be able to access devices attached to the affected device.� For example, you will no longer be able to access disks attached to a RAID controller whose firmware has been downgraded to only support Legacy Line-based interrupts.

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Cause

The Storport driver does not have a mechanism to allow it to fall back from MSI-X interrupts to Legacy Line-based hardware interrupts.

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Resolution

This behavior is by design.� Once a device that supports MSI-X interrupts has been installed, it cannot be downgraded to only support Legacy Line-based interrupts.

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Article Info
Article ID : 958572
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/14/2015
Published on : 1/14/2015
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