Re: USB performance bug since kernel 2.6.13 (CRITICAL???)

[Ed Tomlinson]

On Thursday 12 October 2006 17:26, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 13:56 -0700, Open Source wrote:
> > Yes, I am pretty sure you are right about the timing.  But it shouldn't be that way.  If it is, then there's a bug.
> > 
> > I'm fully willing to accept there is something else I should be doing driver-wise, but it shoudn't require recompiling the stock distribution kernels.  Otherwise, Linux is not competitive with Microsoft Windows in this regard!
> > 
> > I'll try a recompile and report back.  In the meantime, if anyone else has any ideas, please let me know!
> > 
> 
> Yes, I agree that it would be a bug.  If it turns out to be related to
> CONFIG_HZ, ask your distro why they rolled it back from 1000 to 250Hz.

If this turns out to be tied to the HZ rate its a bug.  It _should_ not be using
this timing to do this ergo bug.  You may be able to bypass by using 1000Hz
but this is not a fix...

Ed Tomlinson
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