Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752574AbXLEAv1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:51:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751004AbXLEAvT (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:51:19 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:47581 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751079AbXLEAvT (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:51:19 -0500 Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 00:46:39 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: "Brett T. Warden" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, trivial@kernel.org, "Brett T. Warden" Subject: Re: [PATCH] bw-qcam: Adds module parameter 'aggressive' to skip polite auto-detection prior to direct initialization. Message-ID: <20071205004639.3a5cc948@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <11968154813878-git-send-email-> References: <11968154813878-git-send-email-> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 673 Lines: 13 On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:44:41 -0800 "Brett T. Warden" wrote: > Setting aggressive=1 bypasses the friendly auto-detection by polling the status register, and instead attempts to initialize the qcam directly. Not friendly to other parallel devices, but much more reliable than the auto-detection. Someone still has a bw-qcam device ? The status polling ought to be rock solid - what values do you see ? -- 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/