linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gnss: sirf: fix activation retry handling

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Message-ID: <20181213133459.GO3500@localhost>
Date:   Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:34:59 +0100
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info>
Cc:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnss: sirf: fix activation retry handling

On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 08:58:02PM +0100, Andreas Kemnade wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed,  5 Dec 2018 11:21:49 +0100
> Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Fix activation helper which would return -ETIMEDOUT even if the last
> > retry attempt was successful.
> > 
> > Also change the semantics of the retries variable so that it actually
> > holds the number of retries (rather than tries).

> Sounds sane. I rebased my patch series on top of it and improved my
> testing script (the manual on/off toggle in between was not working
> properly)

That's great. And thanks for testing. I'm a bit short on time at the
moment, but will try to take at least a quick look at your v2 today.

Johan