Re: [PATCH 01/13] usb: define a generic USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT macro

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On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 03:07:43PM -0600, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> Every USB Host controller should use this new
> macro to define for how long resume signalling
> should be driven on the bus.
> 
> Currently, almost every single USB controller
> is using a 20ms timeout for resume signalling.
> 
> That's problematic for two reasons:
> 
> a) sometimes that 20ms timer expires a little
> before 20ms, which makes us fail certification
> 
> b) some (many) devices actually need more than
> 20ms resume signalling.
> 
> Sure, in case of (b) we can state that the device
> is against the USB spec, but the fact is that
> we have no control over which device the certification
> lab will use. We also have no control over which host
> they will use. Most likely they'll be using a Windows
> PC which, again, we have no control over how that
> USB stack is written and how long resume signalling
> they are using.
> 
> At the end of the day, we must make sure Linux passes
> electrical compliance when working as Host or as Device
> and currently we don't pass compliance as host because
> we're driving resume signallig for exactly 20ms and
> that confuses certification test setup resulting in
> Certification failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxx>
> ---

btw, the electrical test bug was reproduced with both MUSB and XHCI
(AM335x BeagleBone Black and AM437x Starter Kit)

-- 
balbi

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