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

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Message-ID: <20090306175036.GC3099@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:50:36 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Martin Bammer <mrbm74@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: usb/host/pci-quirks: Add option for setting handoff timeout
	for ehci

On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 12:52:35PM +0100, Martin Bammer wrote:
> 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?

I don't see how this makes anything go faster, you are just changing the
timeout value, which should only make things fail faster, not succeed
faster :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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