linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fixes and enhancements for the MMC SPI driver

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Date:	Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:10:06 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Wolfgang M??es <wolfgang.mues@...rswald.de>
Cc:	David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fixes and enhancements for the MMC SPI driver

On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 03:17:01PM +0100, Wolfgang M??es wrote:
> +
> +	/* The MMC framework does a good job of computing timeouts
> +           according to the mmc/sd standard. However, we found that in
> +           SPI mode, there are many cards which need a longer timeout
> +           of 1s after receiving a long stream of write data. */
> +	struct timeval tv = ktime_to_timeval(timeout);
> +	if (tv.tv_sec == 0)
> +		timeout = ktime_set(1,0);	
>  

Which cards are you having issues with?

Modifying the code to no longer abide by the standard doesn't seem like a
win to me.
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