RE: [PATCH] usb: hub: try old enumeration scheme first for high speed devices

From: Zengtao (B)
Date: Tue Aug 14 2018 - 09:27:30 EST


Hi alan:

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>Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: hub: try old enumeration scheme first for high speed
>devices
>
>On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, Roger Quadros wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 10/08/18 18:01, Zeng Tao wrote:
>> > The new scheme is required just to support legacy low and full-speed
>> > devices. For high speed devices, it will slower the enumeration speed.
>> > So in this patch we try the "old" enumeration scheme first for high
>> > speed devices.
>>
>> How slow does it get? Is it significant?
>> Do we risk breaking existing HS devices that work? I don't think we
>> can be sure till we run this through testing.
>
>Indeed. I am extremely skeptical about a patch like this, unless somebody can
>show that Windows uses the "old" scheme for high-speed devices.

Yes, this is what the windows has done, you can refer to
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/usbcoreblog/2013/04/11/usb-2-1-2-0-1-1-device-enumeration-changes-in-windows-8/

>
>Alan Stern