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Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:32:34 -0500
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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To: Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net>
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
       Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
       David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] EHCI pci-quirks.c: wait for BIOS handoff too long
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Steven Noonan wrote:
> Instead of waiting a painful 5000ms, quirk_usb_disable_ehci() now does a
> 1000ms loop to wait for the BIOS to acknowledge the handoff.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c b/drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c
> index ae6e70e..1968ba1 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c
> @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static void __devinit quirk_usb_disable_ehci(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  			/* if boot firmware now owns EHCI, spin till
>  			 * it hands it over.
>  			 */
> -			msec = 5000;
> +			msec = 1000;
>  			while ((cap & EHCI_USBLEGSUP_BIOS) && (msec > 0)) {
>  				tried_handoff = 1;

That tells us nothing about the original reason for choosing the 5000 
value, and what if any impact lowering the value has on those who 
thought 5000 was needed.

	Jeff


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