Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 15:44:29 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Keng-Yu Lin <kengyu@canonical.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>,
        linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Intel xhci: Only switch the switchable ports
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> > This patch adds the checking code for the two register so that only the
> > switchable ports are altered.

And since when has trusting BIOS provided data beena good idea ?


Absent a lot of precise examples of where it causes actual failures I
don't believe we should change our behaviour here.
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