Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:09:21 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC] USB: Add HCD fastboot |
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:49:27 -0400 (EDT) > Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Simon Arlott wrote: > > > > > > Wouldn't it be much simpler, and less objectionable, to do what I > > > > suggested earlier? That is, add a 5-second delay at the start of > > > > hub_thread() in drivers/usb/core/hub.c. No messing with > > > > Makefiles, no changes to the initcall scheduling. > > > > > > Aside from 5 seconds being too long, and anything less being a race > > > between hub_thread() and driver initcalls, it doesn't improve > > > anything because it'll still have to wait for the devices to finish > > > initialising in userspace instead. > > > > Why is 5 seconds too long? Too long for what? > > because I'm done booting to full UI in that time. > > it's forever.
This doesn't answer my question. Why does the fact that you're already in the UI after 5 seconds mean that 5 seconds is too long to delay the start of khubd?
Besides, if your machine can boot to the UI in under 5 seconds then you have no need to worry about improving boot-up speed anyway.
Alan Stern
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