Re: ehci-hcd affects hda speed

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Thu Apr 17 2008 - 04:11:50 EST


Am Donnerstag, 17. April 2008 00:23:08 schrieb Lev A. Melnikovsky:
> Oliver,
>
> ON> EHCI should not scan an empty async. However this manufacturer
> ON> has shown a liberal attitude about conforming with specifications.
> ON> If the root hub is suspended, it can't do DMA. So it might help.
> Yes, it does, thank you. No DMA when suspended. Auto-suspend is executed
> if external hub is the only attached device. Can this be used to block
> spurious schedule traversal?

Obviously, yes, if only hubs are attached. The question is whether it
should be. It would be better to find a way to fix the chip bug in the active
state. However, as fixing all hardware bugs for that vendor may be difficult
I wanted to test whether a partial work around is available.

Regards
Oliver
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