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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@coreos.com>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] usb: Prefer firmware values when determining whether a port is removable
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 11:31:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150409093130.GC883@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1428536161-2978-1-git-send-email-mjg59@coreos.com>

On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 04:36:00PM -0700, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Windows appears to pay more attention to the ACPI values than any hub
> configuration, so prefer the firmware's opinion on whether a port is
> fixed or removable before falling back to the hub values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@coreos.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

I like your trust in firmware :)

Anyway, is this all a Windows 8 requirement?  If so, I'll feel
comfortable making these changes, otherwise we are at the mercy of the
bios people to randomly get things right, and we all know how often that
works...

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-04-09  9:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-08 23:36 [PATCH 1/2] usb: Prefer firmware values when determining whether a port is removable Matthew Garrett
2015-04-08 23:36 ` [PATCH 2/2] usb: Set unused ports to "fixed" rather than "unknown" Matthew Garrett
2015-04-09  9:31 ` Greg KH [this message]
2015-04-09 17:19   ` [PATCH 1/2] usb: Prefer firmware values when determining whether a port is removable Matthew Garrett

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