Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, 2013-11-04 at 14:27 -0600, Dan Williams wrote: >> On Fri, 2013-11-01 at 13:53 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote: >> > This reverts commit 7b0c5f21f348a66de495868b8df0284e8dfd6bbf. >> > >> > It's not easy to create a driver for all the various firmware >> > bugs out there. >> > >> > This change caused regressions for a number of devices, which >> > started to fail link detection and therefore became completely >> > non-functional. The exact reason is yet unknown, it looks like >> > the affected firmwares might actually need all or some of the >> > additional SYNC messages the patch got rid of. >> > >> > Reverting is not optimal, as it will re-introduce the original >> > problem, but it is currently the only alternative known to fix >> > this issue. >> >> Instead, how does the following patch work for you? > > Bjorn, did you have a chance to try this patch out on your devices? The only DirectIP device I have is the MC7710, which never had any of the firmware issues you are trying to fix. I only tried to forward Johns issue. When this patch worked for John, then I am pretty confident that you have solved the problem here. Thanks, Bjørn -- 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
