Re: [PATCH v5 4/5] can: kvaser_usb: Retry the first bulk transfer on -ETIMEDOUT

From: Ahmed S. Darwish
Date: Sun Jan 25 2015 - 06:59:44 EST


On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 03:24:46PM +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
>
> On 1/21/2015 12:48 AM, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
>
> >From: Ahmed S. Darwish <ahmed.darwish@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> >On some x86 laptops, plugging a Kvaser device again after an
> >unplug makes the firmware always ignore the very first command.
> >For such a case, provide some room for retries instead of
> >completly exiting the driver init code.
>
> Completely.
>
> >Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <ahmed.darwish@xxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> > drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c | 12 ++++++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> >diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c
> >index 640b0eb..068e76c 100644
> >--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c
> >+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c
> [...]
> >@@ -1632,7 +1632,15 @@ static int kvaser_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
> >
> > usb_set_intfdata(intf, dev);
> >
> >- err = kvaser_usb_get_software_info(dev);
> >+ /* On some x86 laptops, plugging a Kvaser device again after
> >+ * an unplug makes the firmware always ignore the very first
> >+ * command. For such a case, provide some room for retries
> >+ * instead of completly exiting the driver.
>
> Completely.
>

Thanks, both fixed in the next submission :-D

Regards,
Darwish

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