Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932353AbVL0R2c (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:28:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751129AbVL0R2I (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:28:08 -0500 Received: from smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.213]:12885 "HELO smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751128AbVL0R2D (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:28:03 -0500 From: David Brownell To: linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: [PATCH] USB_BANDWIDTH documentation change Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:02:06 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 Cc: Greg KH , Alan Stern , Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, Lee Revell , linux-kernel References: <20051227041747.GA23916@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20051227041747.GA23916@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200512270902.07144.david-b@pacbell.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 714 Lines: 17 On Monday 26 December 2005 8:17 pm, Greg KH wrote: > > I just saw (but can't find again, sorry) a gentoo bug of an external usb > driver on x86-64 that oopses _unless_ this config option is set. So for > some people it is necessary and not broken. USB should never overcommit. IMO the right answer is to remove the option and always check. And also remove the old usb_check_bandwidth() call, which doesn't even have an accurate model for that reservation. - Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/