[PATCH 4.9 23/35] usb: ohci: Make distrust_firmware param default to false

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-01-22T19:59:01Z

From: Hamish Martin <hamish.martin@alliedtelesis.co.nz>

commit c4005a8f65edc55fb1700dfc5c1c3dc58be80209 upstream.

The 'distrust_firmware' module parameter dates from 2004 and the USB
subsystem is a lot more mature and reliable now than it was then.
Alter the default to false now.

Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Hamish Martin <hamish.martin@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200910212512.16670-2-hamish.martin@alliedtelesis.co.nz
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static void io_watchdog_func(unsigned lo

/* Some boards misreport power switching/overcurrent */
-static bool distrust_firmware = true;
+static bool distrust_firmware;
module_param (distrust_firmware, bool, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC (distrust_firmware,
"true to distrust firmware power/overcurrent setup");