Re: [PATCH 5/7] xhci: Support full speed devices.

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On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, Sarah Sharp wrote:

> I looked at making usb_ep0_reinit() call hcd->drop_endpoint(),
> hcd->usb_add_endpoint(), and hcd->check_bandwidth() for control endpoint
> 0.  usb_ep0_reinit() is called too many times, for my purposes.  It's
> called when the USB device address changes (possibly several times if
> the enumeration sequence fails).  The xHCI driver doesn't care about
> address changes, because it's already involved through
> hcd->address_device().
> 
> Also, the return value of usb_ep0_reinit() would have to change if it
> called down to the xHCI bandwidth functions.  The xHCI driver may run
> out of memory when it allocates structures for the evaluate context
> command.  That means that new parts of the enumeration sequence may
> fail.  Also, I'm unlikely to get your suggested patch included in
> 2.6.31, since it changes the signature of an exported function.
> 
> If I change the max packet size when the enumeration sequence submits
> the next control transfer instead, that part of the enumeration sequence
> is already coded to look for out of memory errors, and the change
> doesn't touch any exported functions.
> 
> In short, I'm still leaning towards my original patch. :)

That's fine.  You're the maintainer and the choice is up to you.  I 
just wanted to make sure you were aware of the alternative.

Alan Stern

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