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From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: [PATCH] USB_BANDWIDTH documentation change
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:02:06 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200512270902.07144.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051227041747.GA23916@kroah.com>

On Monday 26 December 2005 8:17 pm, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> I just saw (but can't find again, sorry) a gentoo bug of an external usb
> driver on x86-64 that oopses _unless_ this config option is set.  So for
> some people it is necessary and not broken.

USB should never overcommit.  IMO the right answer is to remove the option
and always check.  And also remove the old usb_check_bandwidth() call, which
doesn't even have an accurate model for that reservation.

- Dave


  reply	other threads:[~2005-12-27 17:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-12-26 10:25 [PATCH] USB_BANDWIDTH documentation change Bodo Eggert
2005-12-26 15:06 ` Lee Revell
2005-12-26 21:49   ` Bodo Eggert
2005-12-26 22:35     ` Alan Stern
2005-12-27  4:17       ` Greg KH
2005-12-27 17:02         ` David Brownell [this message]
2005-12-27 16:57       ` [linux-usb-devel] " David Brownell
2005-12-29 19:41         ` EHCI TT bandwidth (was Re: [PATCH] USB_BANDWIDTH documentation change) Dan Streetman
2005-12-29 20:05           ` Lee Revell
2005-12-30 19:13             ` [linux-usb-devel] " Dan Streetman
2005-12-30 19:16               ` Lee Revell
2005-12-29 20:12           ` David Brownell
2005-12-30  0:56             ` Dan Streetman

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