Re: [PATCH] EHCI: don't try to clear the IAAD bit

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On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 03:23:25PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> This patch (as1541) corrects a small mistake in ehci-hcd.  The IAAD
> (Interrupt on Async Advance Doorbell) bit in the USBCMD register is
> designed, as its name says, to act as a "doorbell".  That is, the
> driver activates the bit by setting it to 1, and the hardware
> deactivates it later by setting it back to 0.  The driver cannot clear
> the bit by writing a 0 to it; such writes are simply ignored.
> 
> Therefore there is no reason for ehci-hcd to try to clear the bit.
> The patch removes the two instances where such attempts occur.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Is this for 3.4 or 3.5?

thanks,

greg k-h
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