Re: [RFC] Revert "sierra_net: keep status interrupt URB active"

[Dan Williams <dcbw-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On Fri, 2013-11-08 at 15:29 -0600, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-11-08 at 21:44 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> > Dan Williams <dcbw-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> writes:
> > > On Mon, 2013-11-04 at 14:27 -0600, Dan Williams wrote:
> > >> On Fri, 2013-11-01 at 13:53 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> > >> > This reverts commit 7b0c5f21f348a66de495868b8df0284e8dfd6bbf.
> > >> > 
> > >> > It's not easy to create a driver for all the various firmware
> > >> > bugs out there.
> > >> > 
> > >> > This change caused regressions for a number of devices, which
> > >> > started to fail link detection and therefore became completely
> > >> > non-functional. The exact reason is yet unknown, it looks like
> > >> > the affected firmwares might actually need all or some of the
> > >> > additional SYNC messages the patch got rid of.
> > >> > 
> > >> > Reverting is not optimal, as it will re-introduce the original
> > >> > problem, but it is currently the only alternative known to fix
> > >> > this issue.
> > >> 
> > >> Instead, how does the following patch work for you?
> > >
> > > Bjorn, did you have a chance to try this patch out on your devices?
> > 
> > The only DirectIP device I have is the MC7710, which never had any of
> > the firmware issues you are trying to fix. I only tried to forward Johns
> > issue.
> > 
> > When this patch worked for John, then I am pretty confident that you
> > have solved the problem here.
> 
> Well, "solved", since I still have no idea why the original patch would
> cause the device behavior based on what I know and have read about the
> expected firmware/host handshaking sequence.  But the patch there
> appears to fix the problem *and* not blindly send tons of SYNCs forever.
> 
> So I'll go ahead and submit a proper version of it.

Actually, is "[PATCH] usbnet: fix status interrupt urb handling" the
real fix for this problem?

John, any chance you could revert my RFC patch and try Felix's patch in
that mail?

Dan

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