Re: [PATCH RFC] USB: Add HCD fastboot

Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-06T19:56:37Z

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:49:27 -0400 (EDT)
Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Simon Arlott wrote:
>
> > > Wouldn't it be much simpler, and less objectionable, to do what I
> > > suggested earlier? That is, add a 5-second delay at the start of
> > > hub_thread() in drivers/usb/core/hub.c. No messing with
> > > Makefiles, no changes to the initcall scheduling.
> >
> > Aside from 5 seconds being too long, and anything less being a race
> > between hub_thread() and driver initcalls, it doesn't improve
> > anything because it'll still have to wait for the devices to finish
> > initialising in userspace instead.
>
> Why is 5 seconds too long? Too long for what?

because I'm done booting to full UI in that time.

it's forever.

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