This patch (as710) adds a sysfs class-device attribute file named
"companion" for EHCI controllers. The file contains a list of port
numbers that are dedicated to the companion controller; by writing a
port number to the file the user can force a high-speed device
attached directly to the computer to run at full speed. (As far as I
know it is not possible to do this for a device attached to an
external hub.) A port is removed from the file by writing the
negative of its port number.
Several users have asked for this facility and it seems like a useful
thing to have. Every now and then one runs across a device which
behaves much better at full speed than at high speed.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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