linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] USB fixes for 2.6.26-rc4

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0805292143001.26334-100000@netrider.rowland.org>
Date:	Thu, 29 May 2008 21:44:42 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
cc:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] USB fixes for 2.6.26-rc4

On Thu, 29 May 2008, Greg KH wrote:

> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 02:48:39PM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> > On Thursday 29 May 2008, Greg KH wrote:
> > >       USB: EHCI: fix performance regression
> > 
> > That's not a regresssion at all!  Plus, this patch shouldn't
> > have included the timeout change.  The timeout change is why
> > I didn't ACK this patch...
> 
> Well, I was misinformed by Alan Stern about this then, sorry for missing
> that you didn't ack this one (you acked the other patches in this series
> though.)

The notion that this was a regression came about by mistake.  It was 
stated that 2.6.24 worked better than 2.6.25; apparently that remark 
was wrong.

> Alan, care to make up a patch to fix this?  Or should I just revert it
> in the tree as-is?

Given that the issues are not yet resolved among the developers, I 
think reverting the patch for now is the best course.

Alan Stern

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