netdev - Re: [RFC] Revert "sierra_net: keep status interrupt URB active"

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Date:	Fri, 08 Nov 2013 15:29:33 -0600
From:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
To:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	John Henderson <jhen@...k21.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Revert "sierra_net: keep status interrupt URB active"

On Fri, 2013-11-08 at 21:44 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com> writes:
> > On Mon, 2013-11-04 at 14:27 -0600, Dan Williams wrote:
> >> On Fri, 2013-11-01 at 13:53 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> >> > This reverts commit 7b0c5f21f348a66de495868b8df0284e8dfd6bbf.
> >> > 
> >> > It's not easy to create a driver for all the various firmware
> >> > bugs out there.
> >> > 
> >> > This change caused regressions for a number of devices, which
> >> > started to fail link detection and therefore became completely
> >> > non-functional. The exact reason is yet unknown, it looks like
> >> > the affected firmwares might actually need all or some of the
> >> > additional SYNC messages the patch got rid of.
> >> > 
> >> > Reverting is not optimal, as it will re-introduce the original
> >> > problem, but it is currently the only alternative known to fix
> >> > this issue.
> >> 
> >> Instead, how does the following patch work for you?
> >
> > Bjorn, did you have a chance to try this patch out on your devices?
> 
> The only DirectIP device I have is the MC7710, which never had any of
> the firmware issues you are trying to fix. I only tried to forward Johns
> issue.
> 
> When this patch worked for John, then I am pretty confident that you
> have solved the problem here.

Well, "solved", since I still have no idea why the original patch would
cause the device behavior based on what I know and have read about the
expected firmware/host handshaking sequence.  But the patch there
appears to fix the problem *and* not blindly send tons of SYNCs forever.

So I'll go ahead and submit a proper version of it.

Dan

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