Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763598AbXHCPDh (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:03:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763299AbXHCPD0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:03:26 -0400 Received: from iolanthe.rowland.org ([192.131.102.54]:45047 "HELO iolanthe.rowland.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1763257AbXHCPDY (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:03:24 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:03:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Alan Stern X-X-Sender: stern@iolanthe.rowland.org To: David Engraf cc: Greg KH , , , Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] USB BIOS early handoff only when the we the driver is configured In-Reply-To: <46B2D0C6.5010409@netcom.eu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 877 Lines: 24 On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, David Engraf wrote: > So we have hardware which has problems when we are not doing the > handoff, and hardware which has > problems when we are doing the handoff... What hardware has problems when we do the handoff? Your system and mine experience a delay, but it doesn't break anything. > What is the best way to solve the problem? Maybe a kernel parameter, a > config flag or an automatic > hardware dependent check of the system? > In fact it is hard to find a solution which works for both as long as > the hardware has this bugs. If we really need it, I say we should use a Kconfig flag. Alan Stern - 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/