Re: ehci-hcd affects hda speed

[Rene Herman]

On 18-03-08 00:23, Rene Herman wrote:

> On 17-03-08 22:00, David Brownell wrote:
>
> > > On 15-03-08 23:46, Lev A. Melnikovsky wrote:
> > >
> > > > changing the bit 5 (EHCI sleep time select:  0=1us 1=10us)
> > > > of register 0x4B seems to resolve my own problem.
> >
> > Note that 10 usec is the value used in the EHCI spec.
> >
> > And yes, waiting only 1 usec between schedule scans is
> > absolutely certain to hammer on the PCI bus quite rudely,
> > preventing other devices from getting Real Work done.
> >
> > Could someone put together an EHCI patch to make sure
> > that bit is set on vt6212 parts?  For the VT8235 that
> > register seems to be marked (in an old document someone
> > forwarded to me) as "reserved, do not program"; so this
> > should be specific to vt6212 EHCI.  (PCI vendor 0x1106,
> > device 0x3104, revision 0x60 ... the revision being what
> > says "vt6212" vs "vt8235" or "vt8237" etc.
>
> Just something like this? Completely untested as I've not the hardware 
> anymore. Googling for an old lspci, I had a revision 0x63, and Lev has a 
> revision 0x65. The VT6212(L) should be 0x60+ it seems.
>
> The "CC:" should be a "Tested-by:" if that's actually the case.
>
> But yes, as he also asked, should this be the fix at all?

And, as usual, I can not reach Lev as some mailer along the way is telling 
me his address is unroutable.

Rene.
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