Re: BUG: one patch causes imx51 Babbage board detect usb hub failed

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On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 May 2012, Ming Lei wrote:
>
>> IMO, it is not a good idea.
>>
>> Firstly, after writing RESET on command register, the default value of
>> CMD register
>> should be restored to '00080000h (00080B00h if Asynchronous Schedule Park
>> Capability is a one)'[1], and both 'Interrupt Threshold Control' and
>> 'Park mode' has
>> been set in ehci_init(), so using ehci->command after ehci_reset is correct.
>>
>> Secondly, remaining other bits from HW is not good since HW may be buggy
>> and the default value after reset may be uncertain, and it is better
>> to not depend
>> on them.  For some newer hardware, if the reserved fields are to be
>> used, just do
>> it in ehci_init like setting lpm bits.
>>
>> Finally, before the commit 3d9545cc375d117554a9b35dfddadf9189c62775(
>> EHCI: maintain the ehci->command value properly), the ehci->command is used
>> just directly in ehci_run and the other HW bits are not kept from HW,
>> so it is better
>> to be consistent as before to avoid introducing possible regression.
>>
>> [1], 4.1 Host Controller Initialization of EHCI Specification 1.0
>>
>> > Would anyone like to code that up?
>>
>> Looks removing the line of 'ehci->command = ehci_readl(ehci,
>> &ehci->regs->command);' in ehci_reset is OK.
>
> You have convinced me.  In addition, my earlier reasoning didn't make
> much sense.  Nobody is developing new versions of EHCI these days;
> they're all working on USB-3.
>
> I'll send in a new patch simply to remove that line of code.  Or you
> can, if you like.

OK, I will send it out.

Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
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