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

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:04:36AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for the comments and alternatives, they are appreciated.

Sarah
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

[Index of Archives]     [Linux Media]     [Linux Input]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [Old Linux USB Devel Archive]

  Powered by Linux