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

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Date:	Thu, 29 May 2008 19:42:35 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, 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, May 29, 2008 at 09:44:42PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> 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.

Ok, will go do so.

thanks,

greg k-h
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