linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] Increase USBFS Bulk Transfer size

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Date:	Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:07:00 +0200
From:	Markus Rechberger <mrechberger@...il.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Increase USBFS Bulk Transfer size

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:
> Markus:
>
> Attached is a sequence of two patches for you to try out.  The second
> is meant to be applied on top of the first.  I based them on 3.1-rc4
> (more or less) so they may need a little tweaking for your kernel, but
> hopefully not very much.
>
> The first patch simplifies the error pathways for the USB submission
> routines in usbfs.  The second patch removes the limits on the sizes of
> individual URBs and replaces them with a global limit on the total
> amount of memory allocated by usbfs.
>
> They work okay on my system but I don't have any good way to give them
> a thorough test.  Please try them out and see if they allow your webcam
> programs to work properly.
>

will go through it within the next 1-2 days, just a bit busy with
other things now..

thanks,
Markus
> Alan Stern
>
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