On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 05:35:29PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > On Mon, 26 Dec 2005, Bodo Eggert wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Dec 2005, Lee Revell wrote: > > > On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 11:25 +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote: > > > > > > Document the current status of CONFIG_USB_BANDWITH implementation. > > > > > > Since most systems use uhci-hcd and/or ehci-hcd maybe we should just > > > mark it BROKEN? Or EXPERIMENTAL? > > > > It is EXPERIMENTAL, but the current documentation sounds like "YOU REALLY > > WANT THIS !!!1", and I /guess/ that would be true for ohci-hcd users. > > CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH isn't _really_ needed. What it does (or rather, what > it would do if it worked properly) is prevent the kernel from > overcommitting on USB bandwidth.
I just saw (but can't find again, sorry) a gentoo bug of an external usb driver on x86-64 that oopses _unless_ this config option is set. So for some people it is necessary and not broken. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
