Re: [RFC PATCH] rtl8187: do not report ACKs if USB Tx status is non-zero

["John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 09:38:49PM +0200, Stefanik G=E1bor wrote:

> Another weird thing: the code above essentially attempts to do this:
> Wait for an ACK
> If not TX_CTL_NO_ACK:
>    If acked:
>       Report the packet as acked.
>    Endif
>    If no ACK until timeout:
>       Report packet as unacked
>    Endif
> Endif
>=20
> This would be better, as it doesn't waste time waiting for an ACK for
> unacked frames:
>=20
> If not TX_CTL_NO_ACK:
> Wait for an ACK
>    If acked:
>       Report the packet as acked.
>    Endif
>    If no ACK until timeout:
>       Report packet as unacked
>    Endif
> Endif
>=20
> Of course, this only works if "Wait for an ACK" actually works.

Well as I understand it, the only waiting is related to the URB
submission (which is asynchronous anyway).  I don't really see how
we could avoid it.

John
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