Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] USB BIOS early handoff only when thewe the driver is configured

From: Alan Stern
Date: Fri Aug 03 2007 - 11:03:40 EST


On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, David Engraf wrote:

> So we have hardware which has problems when we are not doing the
> handoff, and hardware which has
> problems when we are doing the handoff...

What hardware has problems when we do the handoff? Your system and
mine experience a delay, but it doesn't break anything.

> What is the best way to solve the problem? Maybe a kernel parameter, a
> config flag or an automatic
> hardware dependent check of the system?
> In fact it is hard to find a solution which works for both as long as
> the hardware has this bugs.

If we really need it, I say we should use a Kconfig flag.

Alan Stern

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