linux-kernel - Re: [REGRESSION] "USB: use kfifo to buffer usb-generic serial writes" causes gobi

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Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:23:51 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@....fi>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>, dvomlehn@...co.com,
	gregkh@...e.de, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] "USB: use kfifo to buffer usb-generic serial
	writes" causes gobi_loader to hang

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 09:24:58PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:

> If the device wants exactly bounded packets then for the firmware loader
> tty is probably the wrong interface.

Upstream's driver is tty based, so it's not really clear what the 
hardware expects.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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