netdev - Re: [PATCH] usbnet: Activate the halt interrupt endpoint to fix endless "XactErr" error

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Date:	Sat, 9 Jun 2012 00:36:23 +0800
From:	Huajun Li <huajun.li.lee@...il.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usbnet: Activate the halt interrupt endpoint to fix
 endless "XactErr" error

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Jun 2012, Huajun Li wrote:
>
>> > One possibility is to wait for a little while before resubmitting the
>> > URB, and after 10 failures in a row, attempt a reset.
>> >
>> Alan, thanks for your proposal.
>> You mean reset the device after 10 failures, right ?
>
> Yes.  But I don't know if it will help your problem.
>

usb_queue_reset_device() could make it work again, I ever tried this.

And I tried usb_clear_halt() and found this also made it work, so
drafted this patch.

>> BTW, I ever tried to sleep several seconds before submitting the 1st
>> interrupt URB, but it did not work.
>
> As Ming Lei said, it sounds like your device isn't working right.
>

Yes.
However, if add a quirk to fix the issue,  I did not find a elegant
solution, at least based on current usbnet/cdc_ether framework.
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