Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:01:04 -0600 | From | Chris Friesen <> | Subject | Re: [Patch] Increase USBFS Bulk Transfer size |
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On 10/13/2011 09:19 AM, Markus Rechberger wrote: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Alan Stern<stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
>> This is very interesting. There are only two things that could be >> happening: Either the device sends different data during the two tests, >> or there's a bug in the kernel.
> Before that I insist that this patch will go into the kernel (I know > that sounds ridiculous but so far I did everything > you requested me to do), I clearly pointed out that we even have hardware > specs which can influence the transfer buffer. The patch does not hurt > and makes the device work.
That makes no sense. If there's a bug in the hardware we likely don't want to make global changes to work around it--a more targeted fix may be more appropriate.
If there is a bug in the kernel, why would we want a bandaid patch that just happens to make it work rather than a true fix?
Chris
-- Chris Friesen Software Developer GENBAND chris.friesen@genband.com www.genband.com
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