On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 05:07:34PM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote: > > Unfortunately there is not a way to programmatically detect if the re-driver > > is present on the system, and since it might affect any host controller, I'm > > afraid this workaround can't be limited on the driver to specific hardware. > > Ok, then make it a module parameter that is off by default. Users who > find they have this issue can reload the driver with the timer on, and > add the module parameter to their grub linux boot line. If we find that > the redriver is used always for one particular host vendor/revision, > we'll add a quirk for it. > > But I really don't want an extra timer running and killing power > management for hosts that don't need this work around. I don't want that either, but I really don't want a new module parameter that no one is going to know that they need to set. I think the real solution is finding what pci devices this is a problem with, and using a quirk that way. thanks, greg k-h -- 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
