netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 4/5] can: kvaser_usb: Retry the first bulk transfer on -ETIMEDOUT

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Date:	Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:24:46 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>,
	Olivier Sobrie <olivier@...rie.be>,
	Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>,
	Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
	Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
CC:	Andri Yngvason <andri.yngvason@...el.com>,
	Linux-CAN <linux-can@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/5] can: kvaser_usb: Retry the first bulk transfer
 on -ETIMEDOUT

Hello.

On 1/21/2015 12:48 AM, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:

> From: Ahmed S. Darwish <ahmed.darwish@...eo.com>

> On some x86 laptops, plugging a Kvaser device again after an
> unplug makes the firmware always ignore the very first command.
> For such a case, provide some room for retries instead of
> completly exiting the driver init code.

    Completely.

> Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <ahmed.darwish@...eo.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c | 12 ++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c
> index 640b0eb..068e76c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c
[...]
> @@ -1632,7 +1632,15 @@ static int kvaser_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
>
>   	usb_set_intfdata(intf, dev);
>
> -	err = kvaser_usb_get_software_info(dev);
> +	/* On some x86 laptops, plugging a Kvaser device again after
> +	 * an unplug makes the firmware always ignore the very first
> +	 * command. For such a case, provide some room for retries
> +	 * instead of completly exiting the driver.

    Completely.

[...]

WBR, Sergei

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