linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] usb: xhci: bInterval quirk for TI TUSB73x0

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Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:06:44 +0200
From:   Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>, mathias.nyman@...el.com
Cc:     Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] usb: xhci: bInterval quirk for TI TUSB73x0

On 22.03.2017 13:43, Roger Quadros wrote:
> As per [1] issue #4,
> "The periodic EP scheduler always tries to schedule the EPs
> that have large intervals (interval equal to or greater than
> 128 microframes) into different microframes. So it maintains
> an internal counter and increments for each large interval
> EP added. When the counter is greater than 128, the scheduler
> rejects the new EP. So when the hub re-enumerated 128 times,
> it triggers this condition."
>
> This results in Bandwidth error when devices with periodic
> endpoints (ISO/INT) having bInterval > 7 are plugged and
> unplugged several times on a TUSB73x0 XHCI host.
>
> Workaround this issue by limiting the bInterval to 7
> (i.e. interval to 6) for High-speed or faster periodic endpoints.
>
> [1] - http://www.ti.com/lit/er/sllz076/sllz076.pdf
>
> Signed-off-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>
> ---

Added to my for-usb-next queue.

Thanks
-Mathias