linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Intel xhci: Only switch the switchable ports

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Date:	Thu, 9 Aug 2012 15:44:29 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Keng-Yu Lin <kengyu@...onical.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Intel xhci: Only switch the switchable ports

> > This patch adds the checking code for the two register so that only the
> > switchable ports are altered.

And since when has trusting BIOS provided data beena good idea ?


Absent a lot of precise examples of where it causes actual failures I
don't believe we should change our behaviour here.
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