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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:23:51 +0000
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
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Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] "USB: use kfifo to buffer usb-generic serial
	writes" causes gobi_loader to hang
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On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 09:24:58PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:

> If the device wants exactly bounded packets then for the firmware loader
> tty is probably the wrong interface.

Upstream's driver is tty based, so it's not really clear what the 
hardware expects.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org