Re: usb : mass storage : short_not_ok for non usb3 udc

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On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 2:33 AM, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Paul Zimmerman wrote:
>
>> > From: Alan Stern [mailto:stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:48 PM
>> > To: Paul Zimmerman
>> > Cc: Rajaram R; Michal Nazarewicz; linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: RE: usb : mass storage : short_not_ok for non usb3 udc
>> >
>> > On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Paul Zimmerman wrote:
>> >
>> > > > > > I don't understand this either.  What's wrong with setting
>> > > > > > short_not_ok while at SuperSpeed?  It shouldn't force the use of a
>> > > > bounce buffer.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I have just brought back some code removed by patch "usb: fix mass
>> > > > > storage gadgets to work with Synopsys UDC".
>> > > >
>> > > > Maybe while bringing it back you can remove the checks for SuperSpeed.
>> > > > Is there any reason to keep them?
>> > >
>> > > Hi Alan,
>> > >
>> > > The problem only arises because at super-speed the MaxPacket size is
>> > > 1024, which is greater than the sector size of 512. So the whole point of
>> > > the patch is to fix the SuperSpeed operation, while allowing high-speed
>> > > devices to operate as they always did.
>> >
>> > Don't the mass-storage drivers already operate correctly at SuperSpeed?
>> > If not, what goes wrong?
>> >
>> > Besides, how could the patch possibly affect SuperSpeed operation?
>> > Everything it does is protected by
>> >
>> >             if (!gadget_is_superspeed(gadget))
>> >
>> > So I'm afraid I don't understand your point.
>>
>> Sorry for not being clear. The original patch:
>>
>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg52549.html
>>
>> was required to make mass-storage work with DWC3 at SuperSpeed.
>> However, it apparently broke platforms like musb which depend on
>> short-not-ok being set. The current patch fixes that, by setting
>> short-not-ok if not running SuperSpeed. DWC3 will still work fine
>> with this latest patch, since its problem was only with SuperSpeed.
>
> Okay, that's fine.  But it doesn't answer my earlier question: Is there
> really any need for the SuperSpeed checks in this patch?
>
> In other words, will DWC3 continue to work correctly if short_not_ok is
> set?

Yes, that was my question earlier to this patch.

>
> Alan Stern
>
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