Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] USB host: Move AMD PLL quirk to pci-quirks.c

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On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Andiry Xu wrote:

> This patch moves the AMD PLL quirk code in OHCI/EHCI driver to pci-quirks.c,
> and exports the functions to be used by xHCI driver later.
> 
> AMD PLL quirk disable the optional PM feature inside specific
> SB700/SB800/Hudson-2/3 platforms under the following conditions:
> 
> 1. If an isochronous device is connected to OHCI/EHCI/xHCI port and is active;
> 2. Optional PM feature that powers down the internal Bus PLL when the link is
>    in low power state is enabled.
> 
> Without AMD PLL quirk, USB isochronous stream may stutter or have breaks
> occasionally, which greatly impair the performance of audio/video streams.
> 
> Currently AMD PLL quirk is implemented in OHCI and EHCI driver, and will be
> added to xHCI driver too. They are doing similar things actually, so move
> the quirk code to pci-quirks.c, which has several advantages:
> 
> 1. Remove duplicate defines and functions in OHCI/EHCI (and xHCI) driver and
>    make them cleaner;
> 2. AMD chipset information will be probed only once and then stored.
>    Currently they're probed during every OHCI/EHCI initialization, move
>    the detect code to pci-quirks.c saves the repeat detect cost;
> 3. Build up synchronization among OHCI/EHCI/xHCI driver. In current
>    code, every host controller enable/disable PLL only according to
>    its own status, and may enable PLL while there is still isoc transfer on
>    other HCs. Move the quirk to pci-quirks.c prevents this issue.

Sixth time's the charm!  :-)

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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