linux-kernel - usb/host/pci-quirks: Add option for setting handoff timeout for ehci

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Date:	Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:52:35 +0100
From:	Martin Bammer <mrbm74@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: usb/host/pci-quirks: Add option for setting handoff timeout for
 ehci

When having a buggy BIOS which doesn't do ehci handoff correctly a 8s
boot delay is the result. This patch adds a kernel command line
parameter ehci_ho_to to be able to set an arbitrary timeout. On my
netbook I've set it to 50 which works without any problems. Maybe the
patch would be interesting for others?

--- a/drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c	2009-03-03 23:35:15.000000000 +0100
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c	2009-03-04 00:00:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #define EHCI_USBLEGCTLSTS	4		/* legacy control/status */
 #define EHCI_USBLEGCTLSTS_SOOE	(1 << 13)	/* SMI on ownership change */
 
+int ehci_ho_to = 5000;
 
 /*
  * Make sure the controller is completely inactive, unable to
@@ -209,6 +210,17 @@ static void __devinit quirk_usb_handoff_
 	iounmap(base);
 }
 
+int __init ehci_ho_to_setup(char *str)
+{
+	if (str != NULL && *str != '\0') {
+		ehci_ho_to = simple_strtol(str, NULL, 0);
+		if (ehci_ho_to < 10) ehci_ho_to = 10;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("ehci_ho_to=", ehci_ho_to_setup);
+
 static void __devinit quirk_usb_disable_ehci(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	int wait_time, delta;
@@ -271,7 +283,7 @@ static void __devinit quirk_usb_disable_
 			/* if boot firmware now owns EHCI, spin till
 			 * it hands it over.
 			 */
-			msec = 5000;
+			msec = ehci_ho_to;
 			while ((cap & EHCI_USBLEGSUP_BIOS) && (msec > 0)) {
 				tried_handoff = 1;
 				msleep(10);


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