Re: [Patch] Increase USBFS Bulk Transfer size

[Chris Friesen]

On 10/13/2011 09:19 AM, Markus Rechberger wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Alan Stern<stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:

> > This is very interesting.  There are only two things that could be
> > happening: Either the device sends different data during the two tests,
> > or there's a bug in the kernel.

> Before that I insist that this patch will go into the kernel (I know
> that sounds ridiculous but so far I did everything
> you requested me to do), I clearly pointed out that we even have hardware
> specs which can influence the transfer buffer. The patch does not hurt
> and makes the device work.

That makes no sense.  If there's a bug in the hardware we likely don't 
want to make global changes to work around it--a more targeted fix may 
be more appropriate.

If there is a bug in the kernel, why would we want a bandaid patch that 
just happens to make it work rather than a true fix?

Chris

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