linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] HID:hid-lg4ff: Delay to allow wheels to center after plug-in

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Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:30:38 -0600
From:   "Simon Wood" <simon@...gewell.org>
To:     "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     "Michal Malý" <madcatxster@...il.com>,
        "Simon Wood" <gitsend@...gewell.org>,
        "linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        "lkml" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Jiri Kosina" <jkosina@...e.cz>, "Edwin Velds" <edwin@...ds.nl>,
        "Elias Vanderstuyft" <elias.vds@...il.com>,
        "Simon Wood" <simon@...gewell.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] HID:hid-lg4ff: Delay to allow wheels to center after
 plug-in

On Wed, October 26, 2016 11:00 am, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>
> Yeah, if device happens to be plugged at boot time it will wait that
> long before even getting to mount rootfs if driver is built into the
> kernel.

Not a case I had considered... that would probably be bad. I'll look at
coding up a work queue as Elias had suggested.

>
> This is also interesting way to say "msleep(8000)".

I'm a copy/paste guy, this was from the delay we have in hid-lg.c probe,
if one way or another is better I'll use that,
Simon