linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 3.12 033/118] usb: xhci: Link TRB must not occur within a USB payload burst

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jan 2014 10:05:11 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'walt' <w41ter@...il.com>,
	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 3.12 033/118] usb: xhci: Link TRB must not occur within
 a USB payload burst

> From: walt
...
> I'm still wondering if I'm suffering from hardware quirks.  From the
> first day I installed my usb3 adapter card and the usb3 disk docking
> station I've noticed some quirky behavior.

Ah - this isn't an 'on chip' usb3 adapter.
Some kind of PCIe card ?

> e.g. I boot the machine with the docking station powered-off, and then
> later I power it on, the usb3 disk is not detected at all -- until I
> reboot the machine with the docking station still powered on.

That will be something completely different to failures when running.

	David